Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z17-039
APPLICANT: The WODA Group, LLC; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; Columbus, OH 43215; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (7-0) on January 11, 2018.
GREATER HILLTOP AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This undeveloped site consists of 3.5+ acres and is zoned in the NG, Neighborhood General District, which permits single-unit dwellings. The applicant requests the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District, to permit the development of a 39-unit apartment building and 12 townhouse units for a total of total of 51 dwelling units at a density of 14.57 units per acre. The site is within a residual tract of a larger, former NG district, part of which was rezoned in 2012 to permit the development of the adjacent senior housing facility, and the remainder is otherwise undeveloped and zoned NG. The proposed limitation text commits to a site plan and establishes appropriate landscaping, access, and building type restrictions in consideration of adjacent uses and the lower density residential uses to the west across North Wheatland Avenue. A concurrent Council variance (Ordinance # 0256-2018; CV17-066) has been submitted to modify parking lot screening and perimeter yard requirements. The site lies within the boundaries of the Greater Hilltop Plan Amendment (2010), which recommends residential uses at a density of 10 units per acre as the most appropriate land use. The Plan also identifies the site as a “Development Opportunity Site” for new housing. Although the proposed density exceeds the 10 units per acre that is recommended by the Plan, staff supports the request noting the proposal’s adjacency to the senior housing facility, a large scale urban garden, and ...
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