Explanation
Rezoning Application Z21-029
APPLICANT: Metropolitan Holdings; c/o Joseph McCabe, Agent; 1433 Grandview Avenue; Columbus, OH 43212; and David Hodge and Eric Zartman, Attys.; Underhill & Hodge LLC; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed use development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0-1) on November 17, 2021.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of nine undeveloped parcels in the R-2F, Residential District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will permit a mixed-use development consisting of 72 dwelling units, 2,650 square feet of commercial space, and 599 square feet of commercial patio space. The site is located within the boundaries of the East Long Street Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO) and is within the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which recommends “higher density residential and mixed-use development” at this location. The development text permits C-4 district uses, and includes supplemental development standards addressing density, site access, and graphics provisions, and includes a commitment to develop the site in accordance with the submitted site plan and elevations. Modifications to code standards are included to allow bicycle parking to be located inside the proposed building, stacked parking spaces, and a parking space reduction from 138 required spaces to 77 provided spaces. A parking study was required and has been approved by the Division of Parking Services, and the parking reduction is supportable due to the area’s availability of on-street parking, and the site’s location along a walkable, bikable, transit corridor. The request is consistent with the Plan’s recommendations for the development of pedestrian and transit-oriented environments and the use of Urban Commercial Overlay design standards with street-level commercial uses, and is also compa...
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