Explanation
Rezoning Application: Z23-053
APPLICANT: Moody Engineering; c/o Gary Davis; 300 Spruce Street, Suite 200; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Library expansion and parking lots.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (5-0) on March 14, 2024.
SOUTH LINDEN AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of two parcels developed with a library and parking lot in the C-3, Commercial District and CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, respectively, and one undeveloped parcel in the R-3, Residential District. The C-3 District parcel is subject to the Cleveland Avenue/South Linden Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO). The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District will allow an expansion of the existing library and new parking lots. The CPD text includes use restrictions and supplemental development standards that address building and parking setbacks, landscaping, exterior building materials, and dumpster enclosure, and includes a commitment to develop the site in accordance with the submitted site plan and building elevations. Code modifications to parking aisle, loading space, and UCO building design standards are included in the text. The site is located within the planning boundaries of the South Linden Land Use Plan (2018), which recommends “Mixed Use 2” land uses at this location, and includes complete adoption of the Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). Staff supports the requested CPD district because it is consistent with the Plan’s land use recommendation which supports institutional uses, establishes appropriate use restrictions and supplemental development standards, and includes a site plan and building elevations consistent with C2P2 Design Guidelines.
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To rezone 2223 CLEVELAND AVE. (43211), being 0.64± acres located at the northwest corner of Cleveland Avenue and Kenmore Road, From: C-3, Commercial District, CPD, Co...
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