Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z19-092
APPLICANT: Preferred Living; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, First Floor; Columbus, OH 43215, and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on May 14, 2020.
FAR WEST SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one undeveloped parcel and eight parcels developed with single-unit dwellings in the R-1, Residential District. The requested L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District will permit an apartment complex development consisting of 186 units (20.8 units/acre). Most of the site was previously approved for multi-unit residential development pursuant to Council Variance Applications CV18-095 (Ordinance #0315-2019) and CV18-096 (Ordinance #0316-2019) each for a total of 118 units to meet state funding filing requirements. The site is located within the boundaries of the Trabue/Roberts Area Plan (2011) which recommends neighborhood commercial uses for this location. Planning Division staff realizes the proposal’s potential to facilitate a mixed-use environment with the undeveloped commercial and residual residential properties on the east side of Walcutt Road. The limitation text commits to a site plan which depicts pedestrian connectivity and centralized open space, and establishes supplemental development standards that address density, building height, traffic access and right-of-way dedication, street trees, screening, building materials commitments, graphics controls, and site amenities. Although the Trabue-Roberts Area Plan recommends neighborhood commercial uses for this location, Planning Division staff recognizes that this site is located on a primary corridor, that the proposed use is compatible with existing surrounding residential dens...
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