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Rezoning Application Z17-023
APPLICANT: Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc.; c/o James Maniace, Atty.; Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP; 65 East State Street, Suite 1000; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on September 14, 2017.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is currently developed with a commercial shopping center zoned in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will permit a fast food restaurant on an out-lot parcel (Subarea 1), currently a portion of the parking lot, along the Morse Road Service Road. The majority of the existing shopping center (Subarea 2) will remain unchanged but updates will be made to the CPD text as alterations to the code have rendered the original CPD district (Z05-002) outdated. The site is within the planning area of the Northland I Area Plan (2014), which recommends “Community Mixed Use” at this location. The CPD text commits to site plans and also includes commitments to permitted uses, building setbacks, access, and buffering and landscaping for Subarea 1, while providing updates to Subarea 2. Variances to Subarea 2 are included, carried over from the existing CPD (Z05-002), to reduce building and parking/maneuvering setbacks, landscaping, pedestrian walkway, parking lot lighting, parking lot screening, and dumpster screening requirements. The proposal is consistent with the Northland I Area Plan recommendation for “Community Mixed Uses” and is compatible with adjacent development along the Morse Road corridor.
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To rezone 2100 MORSE ROAD (43229), being 22.58± acres located on the north side of Morse Road, 490± feet west of Northtowne Boulevard, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z17-023).
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WHEREAS, application No. Z17-023 is on file with the Depar...
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