Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z19-075
APPLICANT: Community Housing Network; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; Columbus, OH 43215; and Donald Plank, Atty.; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (3-2) on January 9, 2020.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of two undeveloped parcels in the L-M-2, Limited Manufacturing District. The applicant requests the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District to permit a multi-unit residential development with a maximum total of 100 dwelling units. The proposal will be constructed in two phases on two separate parcels. The limitation text establishes use restrictions and supplemental development standards that address the maximum number of dwelling units permitted, minimum building setbacks, vehicular access, pedestrian access, fencing, landscaping, street trees, building materials, and parking lot lightning. The site is within the planning boundaries of the TriSouth Neighborhood Plan (2003), which recommends mixed-use land uses at this location, a designation which includes multi-unit residential uses. Staff finds the proposed L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District to be consistent with the Plan’s land use recommendations while also committing to sufficient buffering and screening from neighboring properties, building materials, and a site plan within the limitation text. A concurrent Council Variance (Ordinance #0229-2020; CV19-094) has been filed to reduce the minimum number of parking spaces required, reduce the required minimum side yard permitted, to permit maneuvering and parking spaces to cross parcel lines, and eliminate fronting requirements for Phase 2 of the proposed development because the site will be maintained as two separate p...
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