Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z20-039
APPLICANT: Moo Moo Car Wash.; 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: Addition of car wash to existing commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on July 9, 2020.
FAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval. The site is developed with a 170,000 square feet retail center zoned in the C-4, Commercial District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will permit the addition of an automatic car wash. The applicant intends to split 1.18 acres in the northeast portion of the site for the proposed car wash (Subarea B). The remainder of the site will remain as a retail/commercial development (Subarea A). The CPD text commits to a site plan and includes development standards addressing setbacks, site access, landscaping, building design, lighting, and graphics provisions. For the retail development (Subarea A), variances to aisle width, lighting, and parking lot landscaping are requested. For the automatic car wash (Subarea B), a variance to the drive-up stacking area is requested. This site is within the planning boundaries of the Far East Land Use Plan (2018), which recommends “Mixed Use 2 (24-45 du/AC)” land uses at this location. This site is also subject to the Plan’s Area-Specific Policies 1 and 2, which recommend that Community Commercial Overlay (CCO) standards should be used along with Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). Priority should be placed on developments providing a mix of uses and hiding parking to the greatest extent possible. While the requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow a commercial development that is comparable to the development standards of adjac...
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