Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z17-037
APPLICANT: Arlington Properties; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on November 9, 2017.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of five vacant parcels and four parcels developed with single-unit dwellings. The applicant requests the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District, to develop a 176-unit apartment complex at a density of 16.8 units per acre. Candlelight Lane bisects the site and would be vacated and incorporated into the development. The site is located within the planning area of the Far North Area Plan (2014) which identifies “Medium Density” (6-10 units per acre) residential uses as appropriate for this location and recommends buffering between uses utilizing fencing and existing and new vegetation, orientation of residential garages, and graphics and lighting controls in consideration of adjacent uses. The proposed limitation text establishes supplemental development standards addressing traffic access, landscaping and buffering, building design, building materials, lighting, and graphics; and commits to a site plan and building elevation drawings. A concurrent Council variance (Ordinance #0187-2018; CV17-064) has been submitted to reduce perimeter yard setbacks, increase the height of garages and a screen fence along the east property line, and conform the existing single-unit dwellings in the event that the site is not developed with a multi-unit residential development. Although the proposed density is higher than recommended by the Plan, staff supports the proposal noting that the text and exhibits provide sufficient controls to ensure that the development is compatible with the single-unit dwellings to the east and west, the apartment complex to the north, and the shopping center and mini-storage facility to the south...
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