Explanation
Rezoning Application Z18-019
APPLICANT: Graeter’s Ice Cream Company; c/o Kevin M. Detroy, Atty.; 255 East Fifth Street, Suite 1900; Cincinnati, OH 45202.
PROPOSED USE: Limited commercial uses.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on May 10, 2018.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and is developed with a commercial retail building. The requested CPD district will allow the existing building to be converted to an ice cream shop with an accessory outdoor patio and pick-up window. The site is within the planning area of The Northwest Plan (2016), which recommends commercial land uses at this location. The CPD text includes commitments for use restrictions, building and parking setbacks, traffic access, pedestrian connectivity, landscaping, screening, and fencing. Variances for parking lot landscaping and a reduction to the minimum number of required parking spaces from 111 to 49 spaces are included in the CPD text. The site will be developed in accordance with the submitted site plan. The request is consistent with Plan’s recommendation for commercial uses at this location, as well as additional design guidelines that recommend existing landscaping should be preserved and existing signage be oriented towards pedestrians and automobiles, and includes additional screening and landscaping within the landscape buffer on the northern and western sides of the site.
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To rezone 2136 BETHEL ROAD (43220), being 2.41± acres located at the northwest corner of Bethel Road and Dierker Road, From: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z18-019).
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WHEREAS, application # Z18-019 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 2.41± acres from CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, to CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
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