Explanation
Rezoning Application Z14-040
APPLICANT: Preferred Real Estate Investments II, LLC; c/o Deanna R. Cook, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street, P.O. Box 1008; Columbus, OH 43216.
PROPOSED USE: Limited commercial or extended-stay hotel development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on September 11, 2014.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow limited commercial or extended-stay hotel development with revised parking setback requirements. The site is located within the boundaries of Subarea B1 of The Far North Plan (1994), which will be replaced by the updated Far North Area Plan in October 2014, but currently recommends offices or highway-oriented uses such as hotels/motels, and restaurants and retail uses that serve the businesses located in the subarea. The proposed use fits reasonably well within these guidelines. The CPD text carries over development standards from the current CPD District except for building and parking setbacks. Reduced parking setbacks are supported given that the site is surrounded on all sides by public streets, and the proposed setbacks along Horizon and Huntington Park Drives are still greater than the minimum code-required parking setback of ten feet. In order to offset the setback reductions, additional landscaping is proposed which will further enhance the setback area. Variances for setbacks along East Campus View Boulevard due to right-of-way dedication, and to carry over the height of light poles from the current text are included in the request. The proposal complies with the land use recommendations of The Far North Plan, and is consistent with the established zoning and development pattern of the area.
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To rezone 245 EAST CAMPUS VIEW BOULEVARD (43235), being 3.66± acres located at the southeast corner of East Campus View Boulevard and Huntington Park Drive, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, T...
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