Explanation
Rezoning Application Z16-029
APPLICANT: The Kroger Co.; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Building and parking lot expansion.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on July 14, 2016.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of two parcels zoned in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District developed with a grocery store and associated parking lot, car wash, and gas station. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow a 1,460 square foot expansion of the existing building, demolition of the existing carwash, and expansion of the parking lot to include a total of 190 parking spaces. The CPD text allows all uses in the C-4, Commercial District, and includes commitments to setbacks, access, buffering, landscaping, building design, outdoor display, and lighting. Variances for reduced number of required parking spaces from 229 to 190 spaces, as well as reduced building and parking setbacks along East Main Street and Holtzman Avenue are included in the text. The applicant will modify the site in accordance with the provided site plan. The site is located in the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which recommends light industrial or commercial uses at this location. The proposed CPD, Commercial Planned Development District is consistent with the Plan’s land use recommendations, continues to provide an appropriate transitional use from the manufacturing and commercial uses north and west of the site to the residential uses east of the site, and is an appropriate land use on a corridor such as East Main Street.
Title
To rezone 2000 EAST MAIN STREET (43205), being 5.19± acres located at the northeast corner of East Main Street and Holtzman Avenue, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (...
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