Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z21-026
APPLICANT: CGV, LLC; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 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: Multi-unit residential development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on August 12, 2021.
ITALIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 8.26± acre site consists of several parcels and is part of the Clark Grave Vault Company land, currently zoned in the M, Manufacturing District. Two sites are proposed for multi-unit residential development. The proposal for Site 1 includes rezoning to the AR-3, Apartment Residential District. The proposal for Site 2 includes rezoning to the AR-1, Apartment Residential District. The site is within the Short North Special Parking Area and is within the planning boundaries of the Italian Village East Redevelopment Plan (2000), which recommends manufacturing land uses at this location. The Plan also states that the East 5th Avenue corridor should have a mix of uses including residential uses, and that there should be buffering along industrial uses. Despite the manufacturing land use recommendation for the site, staff recognizes that recent development patterns along and near East 5th Avenue include dense, multi-unit residential development, and the proposed use is compatible and appropriate. Because the development will begin with Site 1 on the East 5th Avenue frontage, and will progress to Site 2, a private road is proposed through the site to provide access to the Clark Grave Vault Company, which will remain in operation on property to the south and east of the site. A concurrent Council variance (Ordinance #2700-2021; CV21-037) has been filed to allow this commercial access, along with additional development standard variances for the proposed multi-unit residential dev...
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