East Sixth Avenue Auto Repair Rezoning

At a glance

  • What: Two linked ordinances for the property at 2700 East 6th Avenue (ZIP 43219), 0.87 acres at the northwest corner of North Cassidy Avenue and East 6th Street. Ordinance 1931-2026 (Rezoning Z20-034) changes the zoning from M-2 Manufacturing and AR-1 Apartment Residential to L-M Limited Manufacturing. Ordinance 1932-2026 (council variance CV20-039) grants variances from landscaping and screening, parking setback, striping and marking, improved surface, wheel stop, distance separation (Section 3356.07) and building line standards so an automobile repair facility can operate with reduced development standards in the L-M district.
  • Votes: first reading 8/24/2026 in Council. At the 8/31/2026 Zoning Committee every motion was made by Dorans and carried 9-0: amend the rezoning as submitted to the Clerk, amend it to emergency, approve as amended (seconds by Wyche and Day-Achauer); for the variance, accept the staff report into evidence, adopt the staff findings as the findings of Council, amend to emergency and approve as amended (seconds by Green).
  • Where it stands: approved in committee as emergency ordinances. The final Council vote is not in the minutes collected for these meetings. The minutes record no testimony and do not name the applicant.

Sources

Log

2026-08-31 - Zoning Committee

  • Rezoning and variance each amended to emergency and approved as amended, all steps 9-0.

2026-08-24 - Columbus City Council

  • First reading of 1931-2026 and 1932-2026.