Explanation
Rezoning Application Z14-059
APPLICANT: Metro Development, LLC; c/o Jill Tangeman, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on July 14, 2016.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This 61.23-acre site is undeveloped and has been zoned in the R, Rural District since annexation in 2015. The applicant requests the PUD-6, Planned Unit Development District, which consists of four subareas. Subarea A permits 180 apartment units on 20.1 acres for a density of 8.96 units per acre. Subarea B permits 82 single-unit dwellings on 24.98 acres for a density of 3.28 units per acre. Subarea C is 3.59 acres and will consist of a stream corridor protection zone and tree preservation area. Subarea D permits 48 single-unit dwellings on 12.57 acres for a density of 3.82 units/acre. A total of 16.74 acres of preserved open space is provided in this PUD-6 district, which is almost three times greater than the code requirement. The PUD text and site plans provide density limitations, use restrictions, and supplemental development standards addressing access, landscaping and screening, street trees, sidewalks, garages, building materials, and Pay As We Grow commitments. The site lies within the Little Turtle District of the Northland Plan II (2002). Single-unit residential development at three units/acre maximum (low-density cluster or conservation-type subdivisions) is the preferred land-use for this district. The Plan also recommends preservation of natural features and that land uses and development standards recommended by the Rocky Fork/Blacklick Accord (2003) be considered for proposals contiguous to that planning area. The Planning Division of the Department of Development has determined that deviation from the land use and density recommendations of the Northland Plan II is warranted noting that the proposed density of Subarea A is compatible with the a...
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