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Rezoning Application: Z19-038
APPLICANT: Jeanne Cabral; 2939 Bexley Park Road; Columbus, OH 43209.
PROPOSED USE: Limited commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on April 8, 2021.
MIDEAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 1.87± acre site consists of single parcel zoned in both the C-2, Commercial, and R, Rural districts. The owner has been cited by Code Enforcement (order #19470-01296) for establishing an automobile sales use without obtaining a Certificate of Zoning Clearance. The requested L-C-4, Limited Commercial District will legitimize the automobile sales use and will allow a variety of general commercial uses. The site is not located within a planning area, but is subject to the recommendations of Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). The limitation text contains use restrictions and includes setback, landscaping, screening, tree preservation, and graphics provisions. A site plan commitment is included in the limitation text which demonstrates removal of pavement within the required parking setback area with landscaping installed, and maintenance of the existing privacy fence on the southern portion of the site. The request is consistent with the established development pattern along Refugee Road, and includes landscaping along the site frontage and appropriate buffering from the residential development that abuts the site to the south, as recommended by C2P2 Design Guidelines.
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To rezone 3553 REFUGEE RD. (43232), being 1.87± acres located on the south side of Refugee Road, 550± feet east of Weyburn Road, From: R, Rural District and C-2, Commercial District, To: L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (Rezoning #Z19-038).
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WHEREAS, application #Z19-038 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 1.87± acres from the R, Rural District and C-2, Commerci...
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