Explanation
Rezoning Application Z14-051
APPLICANT: T&R Development; c/o Michael T. Shannon of Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on January 8, 2015.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested ARLD, Apartment Residential District will allow an existing apartment complex to expand onto four lots fronting on Hilliard-Rome Road. Three lots are developed with single-unit dwellings zoned in the R, Rural District since annexation in 1974. The other lot is contiguous and was rezoned to the L-C-2, Limited Commercial District in 1998 for office redevelopment. That lot is still developed with a non-conforming single-unit dwelling because office redevelopment has not occurred. The site is located within the boundaries of the Trabue/Roberts Plan (2011), which recommends office uses for the Hilliard-Rome Road frontage, and medium-high density mixed-residential development for the majority of site. Deviation from the Plan recommendation is warranted because expansion of the existing apartment complex is more feasible than office redevelopment given the depth and size of the four 180-foot deep lots fronting on Hilliard-Rome Road. Furthermore, the site abuts existing apartment residential development to the south and west of the site that also fronts Hilliard-Rome Road. This request was filed with a companion Council variance (CV14-057) to reduce development standards, including, dumpster area, building lines, perimeter yard, and height. The variance also commits to a site plan, and includes landscaping and elevation drawings that ensure that the proposal is consistent with the adjacent residential developments.
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To rezone 2340 HILLIARD-ROME ROAD (43026), being 17.24± acres located on the east side of Hilliard-Rome Road, at the intersection with Asics Drive, From: R, Rural, L-C-2, Limited...
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