Explanation
Rezoning Application Z09-042
APPLICANT: DGJL LLC; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; Smith and Hale; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on March 11, 2010.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested L-C-4, Limited Commercial District will allow controlled retail and / or office development. The limitation text incorporates use restrictions, landscaping, and lighting controls. The applicant is providing a cross access easement to the south and committing to a site plan and elevations. Given the location on an arterial street across from a concrete fabrication facility and across Thimbleberry Road from a retail shopping center, Staff finds single-family residential land uses to be inappropriate and recommends deviation from the South Alum Creek Neighborhood Plan (2003). Due to the location of the site and the buffering provisions next to the residential uses, the proposed development is consistent with the zoning and development patterns of the area.
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To rezone 2441 THIMBLEBERRY ROAD (43207), being 1.1± acres located at the southeast corner of Alum Creek Drive and Thimbleberry Road, From: ARLD, Apartment Residential District, To: L-C-4, Limited Commercial District and to declare an emergency. (Rezoning # Z08-032 Z09-042)
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WHEREAS, application #Z09-042 is on file with the Building Services Division of the Department of Development requesting rezoning of 1.1± acres From: ARLD, Apartment Residential District, To: L-C-4, Limited Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation in the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ordinance to begin construction as soon as possible f...
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