Explanation
REZONING APPLICATION # Z13-050
APPLICANT: Forest Edge Assembly of God; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on February 13, 2014.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested L-AR1, Limited Apartment Residential District will allow a multi-unit residential development of 204 units. The limitation text commits to a site plan and elevation drawings, and provides development standards for total number of units, setbacks, street trees, landscaping, buffering, tree preservation, building height, and building materials. The site is located within the boundaries of the Northland I Plan (2014), but the Northland Plan Volume I (2001) was the plan in effect during the review of this request. While there was no specific land use recommendation for the area in the 2001 plan, it did encourage new development to be sensitive to density, buffering, traffic and circulation patterns, architectural details of the surrounding area, and infill developments that are compatible with their surroundings. Although the Planning Division prefers a lower density, the Zoning Staff recognizes this proposal as being consistent with the recommendations of the Northland Plan Volume I (2001) and the recently-adopted update. The presence of commercial zoning in the neighborhood, the existing commercial zoning of the subject site, the higher-density apartment complex along SR 161 to the north in Blendon Township, the site's frontage along a major arterial, and lack of tree preservation commitments in the existing zoning districts are all factors that have been taken into consideration in evaluating the appropriateness of this proposal.
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To rezone 5400 STRAWBERRY FARMS BOULEVARD (43230), being 10.5± acres located at the southeast corner of Strawberry Farms Boulevard and East Dubl...
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