Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z19-099
APPLICANT: Metropolitan Holdings; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; Underhill & Hodge, LLC; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (2-1-1) on November 12, 2020.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of 12 parcels which are primarily developed with a religious facility and parking lot in the ARLD, Apartment Residential, CPD, Commercial Planned Development, and R-3, Residential Districts. The applicant proposes the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, to permit construction of a mixed-use development with a maximum of 122 apartment units and 3,000 square feet of commercial space. The development text commits to a site plan and building elevations, and includes development standards addressing setbacks, site access, landscaping, and graphics provisions. Variances to landscaping and screening, maneuvering, parking setback line, parking space, vision clearance, and building lines are included in this request. The site is located within the boundaries of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which does not contain a land use recommendation for this location. The Plan does recommend that commercial development be directed to the existing historic commercial districts. The Plan also includes guidelines that new buildings “echo and/or complement nearby historic buildings.” Planning staff recognizes that although this site is not specifically identified in the plan as a historic commercial district node, there is existing commercial present at this intersection. Planning staff also notes that the applicant introduced a residential townhome typology on Oak Street adjacent to the commercial space, and provided screening for the first floor garage consistent with the Plan’s guidance and best practices as requested. The overall materials shown are also c...
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