Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z21-027
APPLICANT: United Dairy Farmers, Inc.; c/o Rebecca J. Mott, Atty.; 411 East Town Street, Floor 2; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Fuel sales facility with convenience retail.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (6-0) on May 12, 2022.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 1.2± acre site consists of one parcel developed with a fuel sales facility and part of another parcel developed with a shopping center, both zoned in the C-4, Commercial District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will permit redevelopment of an expanded retail fuel sales facility with accessory convenience retail and eating and drinking components. The site is located within the boundaries of The Northwest Plan (2016), which recommends “Commercial” land uses for this location. The Plan’s design guidelines encourage buildings to be placed at corners with parking and circulation to the rear. The development text establishes use restrictions, commits to a site plan, landscape plan, and building elevations, and includes supplemental development standards that address setbacks, access, landscaping, building materials, dumpsters, screening, and graphics. Modification of code standards to permit parcel lines to divide parking spaces, aisles, and maneuvering areas, and for a parking space reduction from 34 required to 31 provided spaces are included in the request. A Board of Zoning Adjustment (Application #BZA21-139) has been approved for the adjacent shopping center to permit parcel lines to divide parking spaces, aisles, and maneuvering areas, and a parking space reduction to facilitate a lot split for this expanded site. Although Planning Division staff prefers site design that places the building at the corner with parking and circulation to the rear for greater consistency with The Northwest Plan guidelines, staff notes the proposal largely reuses the existing footprint, and parking and circ...
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