Explanation
Rezoning Application Z14-050
APPLICANT: Mark S. Larrimer; Moody Nolan Inc.; 300 Spruce Street, Suite 300; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Public library.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on January 8, 2015.
COLUMBUS SOUTHSIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The majority of the site is zoned commercially with frontage on Parsons Avenue, and is located within the Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO). The western portion of the site is zoned in the R-2F, Residential District, and is west of the alley that runs parallel with Parsons Avenue. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow redevelopment of the site with a new public library. The CPD text includes use restrictions, commitments to site and landscaping plans, screening, and variances to setbacks because institutional uses do not qualify for UCO setbacks. Staff prefers a UCO-style development as proposed which is more consistent with the established development pattern along Parsons Avenue. The site falls within the boundaries of the South Side Plan (2014), which calls for neighborhood mixed-use along the Parsons Avenue frontage, and medium-high density residential development for the parcels located west of the alley. In general, expansion of commercial developments beyond an alley into primarily residential districts is discouraged in the Plan, but is supported in this case because the proposed use is compatible with the with the Plan’s land use recommendations, the site design complies with the UCO requirements, and buffering, landscaping, and lighting controls minimize the impacts on the adjacent neighborhood. The request is consistent with the South Side Plan land use recommendations and several considerations that support the encroachment of the parking lots across the rear alley.
Title
To rezone 1085 PARSONS AVENUE (43206), being 1.41± acres located at the southwest corner of Parsons ...
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