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2026-06-08 - Zoning Committee

Summary

Built from the final minutes (regular meeting no. 30 of City Council, zoning). No agenda or video is recorded. The minutes record motions and votes only: no applicants, staff presentations or public testimony. The full Council met earlier the same evening: 2026-06-08 - Columbus City Council. The committee next met on 2026-06-22 - Zoning Committee.

  • Scheduled for 6:30 PM; called to order 7:12 PM with all nine members present: Bankston, Barroso De Padilla, Day-Achauer, Dorans (Zoning chair), Green, Remy, Ross, Wyche and Hardin (vice chair). Adjourned 8:56 PM (Remy / Green, 9-0).
  • Journal dispensed with and approved 9-0 (Green / Remy).
  • Two rezonings and six council variances were all approved. Seven of the eight items were unanimous; the exception was the 2100 Hard Road apartment rezoning (8-1, Wyche opposed on both the amendment and the approval as amended).
  • Four items were amended as submitted to the Clerk (both rezonings, plus the Hard Road and East Fifth Avenue variances); the amendment texts are not in the minutes. For each variance the committee also accepted the entire staff report into evidence and adopted the findings of staff as the findings of Council.
  • Dorans moved every item and Green seconded all of them except the Jetstream Drive approval, which Barroso De Padilla seconded.

Hard Road Apartment Rezoning

  • 0290-2026 (Rezoning Z25-044): 2100 Hard Rd. (43123), 5.0 acres on the north side of Hard Road, 150 feet west of Stoneford Drive, from L-RR, Limited Rural Residential, to AR-1, Apartment Residential. Amended as submitted to the Clerk, 8-1; approved as amended, 8-1. Opposed both times: Wyche.
  • 0291-2026 (Council Variance, printed as CV24-113CV25-088): reduced building setback lines and perimeter yard for an apartment building at the same site. Staff report accepted, findings adopted, amended as submitted to the Clerk and approved as amended; all 9-0.

East Fifth Avenue Mixed Use Rezoning

  • 1612-2026 (Z25-070): 2006 E. 5th Ave., 0.44 acres at the northwest corner of E. 5th Avenue and Brentnell Avenue, from AR-12, Apartment Residential, to L-M-2, Limited Manufacturing. Amended as submitted to the Clerk and approved as amended; both 9-0.
  • 1613-2026 (CV26-030): allows three dwelling units within a proposed mixed-use building with reduced development standards (M-2 use, required parking, loading space and special provisions). Staff report accepted, findings adopted, amended and approved as amended; all 9-0.

Dublin Road Car Wash Variance

  • 1582-2026 (CV26-027): allows an automatic car wash with reduced aisle width at 988 Dublin Rd. (43215) in the CPD district. Staff report accepted, findings adopted, approved; all 9-0.

Jetstream Drive Child Care Variance

  • 1599-2026 (CV26-015): allows a Type A family child care home with reduced parking at 3110 Jetstream Dr. (43231) in the L-R-2 district. Staff report accepted, findings adopted, approved (Dorans / Barroso De Padilla); all 9-0.

King Avenue Apartment Variance

  • 1610-2026 (CV26-002): allows an apartment building with reduced development standards (parking, vision clearance, lot coverage, floor area ratio, building lines, side and rear yards, landscaping) at 190 King Ave. (43201) in the R-4 district. Staff report accepted, findings adopted, approved; all 9-0.

Hamilton Square Drive-Thru Coffee Variance

  • 1614-2026 (CV26-036): allows a drive-thru only coffee shop with a reduced parking setback at 3920 Hamilton Square Blvd. (43125) in the L-C-4 district. Staff report accepted, findings adopted, approved; all 9-0.

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