Explanation
Rezoning Application Z18-036
APPLICANT: The Witness Group; c/o Jackson B. Reynolds, III, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Hotel and extended stay hotel.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on August 9, 2018.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned L-M, Limited Manufacturing District and is developed with a hotel. The requested CPD district will allow the hotel to operate with both traditional hotel rooms and extended stay hotel rooms within the same building. The site is within the planning boundaries of the Far North Area Plan (2014), which recommends Community Commercial land uses for this location. The CPD text provides use restrictions, including the specific number of rooms operating as hotel and extended stay hotel. The request also includes a parking space reduction from 111 required to 104 provided parking spaces. The proposal remains consistent with the Plan’s land use recommendation and matches the development pattern of the Polaris Parkway commercial corridor.
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To rezone 2045 POLARIS PARKWAY(43082), being 3.23± acres located on the south side of Polaris Parkway, 650± feet east of Orion Place, From: L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z18-036).
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WHEREAS, application # Z18-036 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 3.23± acres from L-M, Limited Manufacturing District, to CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, the Development Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said zoning change because the requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District is consistent with Far North Area Plan’s recommendation for Community Commercial uses at this location, as well as with the development pattern along the Polaris Parkway commercial cor...
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