City of Columbus - File #: 1941-2015

• File #: 1941-2015
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/8/2015
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 7/27/2015
• Final action: 7/30/2015
• Title: To rezone 1836 NORTH HIGH STREET (43201), being 9.01± acres generally located on the east side of North High Street, between East Seventeenth and East Fourteenth Avenues (not all-inclusive), From: C-4, Commercial, and AR-4, Apartment Residential Districts, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and to declare an emergency (Rezoning # Z15-004).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/30/2015	2	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/29/2015	2	MAYOR	Signed
7/27/2015	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/27/2015	1	Zoning Committee	Amended to Emergency	Pass
7/27/2015	1	Zoning Committee	Approved as Amended	Pass
7/20/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Rezoning Application: Z15-004

APPLICANT: Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment; c/o Michael T. Shannon and John P. Kennedy, Attys.; Crabbe Brown & James, LLP; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, OH 43215.

PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use commercial and residential development.

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on June 11, 2015.

UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

UNIVERSITY AREA REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow redevelopment of the site with mixed commercial and residential uses as the as the “Fifteenth and High” project, including approximately 330 residential units, a hotel, and a minimum of 100,000 square feet of office space. The site is located within the planning area of the University District Plan (2015), which recommends regional mixed use with highest densities along North High Street, “higher density” residential uses east of Pearl Alley, and institutional uses along parts of Iuka and East 16th Avenues. The North High Street frontage is also within the Urban Commercial Overlay. The site is also located within the boundaries of the University Area Impact District which requires review by the University Area Review Board (UARB). The proposal establishes eight development subareas. The CPD text includes use restrictions and supplemental development standards that address setbacks, building height, traffic studies, parking ratios/shared parking, landscaping, building design, and graphics restrictions. The proposal includes a “Fifteenth Avenue & High Street Urban Framework Plan” which shall be utilized by the UARB during their review for Certificates of Approval. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow a mixed commercial and residential development that is consistent with the land use recommendations of the University District Plan,...