Explanation
Rezoning Application # Z15-009
APPLICANT: Board of Education of the Columbus City School District; c/o Michelle Shumaker Mitchell, Architect; 4333-B Tuller Road; Dublin, Ohio 43017.
PROPOSED USE: Offices and classrooms for school administration.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on May 14, 2015.
COLUMBUS SOUTH SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with the former Moler Elementary School, and is zoned in the R-2, Residential District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District would allow the reuse of the school for offices, training, and classrooms for school administrative purposes. The site is within the planning area of the South Side Plan (2014), which recommends institutional uses for this location, based on the former school. The CPD text proposes limited C-2, Commercial and I, Institutional uses with appropriate use restrictions, contains landscaping provisions, and includes variances to parking-related and screening requirements which only apply to the existing development. Upon redevelopment, C-2 district development standards and parking lot screening and landscaping are required. Staff supports the intended use of the property, as the request is consistent with the land use recommendations of the South Side Plan.
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To rezone 1560 MOLER AVENUE (43207), being 6.81± acres located on the north side of Moler Road, 590± feet east of Fairwood Avenue, From: R-2, Residential District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z15-009).
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WHEREAS, application #Z15-009 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services, requesting rezoning of 6.81± acres from R-2, Residential District, to CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus South Side Area Commission recomme...
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