Explanation
Rezoning Application Z20-109
APPLICANT: Moo Moo Car Wash; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company; 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: Commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on March 11, 2021.
FAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with an eating and drinking establishment in the C-4, Commercial District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will permit a future lot split, resulting in Subarea A (1.51 acres) which contains the existing eating and drinking establishment, and Subarea B (0.89 acres) to permit the development of a new car wash facility. The CPD text establishes appropriate use restrictions and addresses supplemental development standards. While the proposed use is consistent with the Far East Land Use Plan’s land use recommendation for “Mixed Use 2”, the Plan states that areas designated for “Mixed Use” should incorporate Community Commercial Overlay standards and connect to other development through streets, sidewalks, and pedestrian connectivity. Additionally, the Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines recommend green technologies to manage stormwater runoff within parking lots. Planning Division staff would like to mitigate the lack of parking lot shade trees with additional street trees and landscaping at the intersection of Brice Road and Chantry Drive. While these design considerations are unmet with this proposal, the Department of Public Service staff notes that an improvement project to Brice Road will commence in the next five to ten years which will include the desired considerations. Incorporating these considerations into the right-of-way at this time is not practical since they will likely be removed for the impending improvement...
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