Explanation
Rezoning Application Z14-005
APPLICANT: Nationwide Children's Hospital; c/o Jill Tangeman, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008; Columbus, Ohio 43216.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial development and parking.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on April 10, 2014.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, will incorporate 1.56 acres into an existing CPD District that is currently used as employee parking lots for Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Future development of the property will be primarily for office, institutional, and hospital-related uses. The CPD text amends the current permitted uses and development standards, and increases the height district from 60 feet to 110 feet. The text also provides use restrictions, building height limits, and safe pedestrian means, and includes variances to building lines, vision clearance, landscaping, and parking and loading related reductions. The site is located within the boundaries of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which does not contain specific land use recommendations for this area. The Plan does contain a series of criteria that can be used to determine if proposed commercial uses should be supported within residential areas. Key factors include whether the site has a history of commercial activity and parking considerations. This request can be supported because the proposal brings desirable businesses to the area, and is located in a dense, pedestrian-oriented neighborhood within close proximity to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Title
To rezone 830 EAST FULTON STREET (43205), being 3.3± acres located at the northeast and northwest corners of East Fulton Street and South Eighteenth Street, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development, P-1, Private Parking, and R-2F, Residential Districts, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z14-...
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