Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z19-087
APPLICANT: Morso Holding Co.; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on February 11, 2021.
NORTHEAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 59.16± acre site consists of five mostly undeveloped parcels in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District increases the height district for the entire site to 200 feet, and consolidates development standards under one district to facilitate future commercial and mixed-use development. The site is within the planning boundaries of the Northeast Area Plan (2007), which recommends “Mixed Use-Regional Retail/Office/Light Industrial” land uses at this location. The CPD text includes appropriate use restrictions and supplemental development standards that address building and parking setbacks, minimum and maximum parking requirements, landscaping, and street trees. The proposal includes variances to allow reductions to building and parking setbacks, reductions in the minimum and elimination of the maximum numbers of parking spaces required, modification of parking lot screening requirements, and to permit parking and loading spaces to be located on different parcels than the uses they serve. The proposed mixed-use development, development standards, and variances are consistent with both the Plan’s land use recommendation and the overall established development standards of Easton Town Center. Additionally, ample landscaping to screen parking areas that front along public streets, as well as commitments to make efforts to minimize parking in said locations, has been included in the text. A concurrent Council variance (Ordinance #1042-2021; CV19-120) has been filed to permit groun...
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