Explanation
Rezoning Application Z16-019
APPLICANT: ACT Commodities, LLC; c/o William J. Loveland, Atty.; 3300 Riverside Drive, Suite 125; Upper Arlington, OH 43221.
PROPOSED USE: Limited industrial and office development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on November 10, 2016.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is a former quarry being used for a concrete batch plant and container transport and storage, zoned in the EQ, Excavation and Quarrying District. The requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District will permit continuation of the batch plant and container transport uses, and will also permit limited industrial development, including grain storage. The site is located within the boundaries of the South Central Accord (2004), which recommends “Excavation/Quarrying” land uses for this location, based on the former use. The Accord notes that quarry reclamation often results in reclaimed areas that may serve as recreational, residential, or office uses. A limited range of industrial uses that incorporate appropriate buffering and screening of adjacent residential areas can be supported. The L-M text proposes office uses, “less objectionable” manufacturing uses, and one “more objectionable” use specifically for “Flour, feed and grain milling or storage” use, as permitted by Section 3363.14 of the Zoning Code. The text also provides setbacks and a landscaped no-build buffer area that varies between 35- and 100-feet in width adjacent to residential uses and zoning designations as shown on the attached Buffer Plat. The requested L-M, Limited Manufacturing District will allow limited industrial development with appropriate use restrictions and buffered setbacks in consideration of adjacent residential uses and zoning. The proposal is consistent with other Limited Manufacturing districts that abut residential areas, and provides an appropriate reuse of a form...
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