Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z20-070
APPLICANT: PFK Company II, LLC et al; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Limited industrial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-1) on January 14, 2021.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is partially developed with a dwelling and agricultural buildings, is primarily used for farming, and is zoned in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development, C-2, Commercial, ARLD and AR-12, Apartment Residential, R-2F, Residential, and SR, Suburban Residential districts. The requested L-M-2, Limited Manufacturing District will allow the site to be developed with a data center/server facility with ancillary warehouse, storage, and office uses. The limitation text proposes computer data center/server uses, with ancillary warehouse, storage, and office uses, and includes provisions for setbacks, building height limitations, access, buffering and landscaping, tree preservation and open space, and lighting controls. A site plan depicting setbacks, access points, development areas, and open space and tree preservation areas is included as a text commitment. The site is located within the boundaries of the South Central Accord (1997), which recommends, “Low-Density Residential,” “High-Density Residential,” and “Commercial” land uses at this location, and includes adoption of Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). Although the proposed industrial use is inconsistent with the Plan’s recommendation for residential and commercial uses, Planning Division staff recognizes that the Plan recommendations are based on the existing zoning. In addition, C2P2 recommendations state that the protection and expansion of employment-related uses is a priority throughout the City. Furthermore, staff finds the data center/server use to have a lesser ...
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