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2026-06-22 - Zoning Committee

Summary

Built from the final minutes (regular meeting no. 32 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: 2026-06-22 - Columbus City Council. The committee next met on 2026-06-29 - Zoning Committee.

  • Scheduled for 6:30 PM; called to order 7:23 PM with all nine members present: Bankston, Barroso De Padilla, Day-Achauer, Dorans (Zoning chair), Green, Remy, Ross, Wyche and Hardin (vice chair). Adjourned 9:27 PM (Green / Wyche, 9-0).
  • Journal dispensed with and approved 9-0 (Wyche / Green).
  • Seven rezonings were on the calendar. Six were approved 9-0 after the second reading was waived; 1284-2026 (Dewey Avenue) was postponed to June 29, 9-0 (Dorans / Remy).
  • Five council variances were approved 9-0. For each, the committee waived the second reading, accepted the entire staff report into evidence as an exhibit and adopted the findings of staff as the findings of Council. Only the Kinnear Road variance was amended as submitted to the Clerk; the amendment text is not in the minutes.
  • Every vote was unanimous (9-0). Dorans moved every item; Green seconded all of them except the Dewey Avenue postponement, which Remy seconded.

Kinnear Road Apartment Rezoning

  • 0377-2026 (Rezoning Z22-050): 824 Kinnear Rd. (43212), 7.7 acres on the north side of Kinnear Road, 900 feet west of Olentangy River Road, from R, Rural, to AR-3, Apartment Residential. Waive second reading, then approve; Dorans / Green; 9-0 each.
  • 0378-2026 (Council Variance CV22-062): reduced development standards (landscaping and screening, parking setback, required parking, basis of computing area, building lines, rear yard and perimeter yard) for a multi-unit residential development at the same site. Second reading waived, staff report accepted, findings adopted, amended as submitted to the Clerk, approved as amended; all 9-0.

Kennedy Road Apartment Rezoning

  • 0824-2026 (Z25-063): 8032 Kennedy Rd. (43004), 15.15 acres on the north side of Kennedy Road, 550 feet east of Chaser Street, from R to L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential. Second reading waived, approved; Dorans / Green; 9-0.

Dewey Avenue Manufacturing Rezoning

  • 1284-2026 (Z26-006): 1695 Dewey Ave., 2.29 acres, from M and R-1 to L-M, Limited Manufacturing. Second reading waived (9-0), then postponed to June 29, 2026 (Dorans / Remy; 9-0). It was approved as amended, 5-4, on June 29.

Business Center Drive Commercial Rezoning

  • 1716-2026 (Z26-001): 181 Business Center Dr. (43004), 2.76 acres at the northwest corner of Business Center Drive and North Brice Road, from M-2, Manufacturing, to CPD, Commercial Planned Development. Approved 9-0.

Long Road Apartment Rezoning

  • 1768-2026 (Z25-065): 7500 Long Rd. (43110), 2.25 acres north of Long Road, 150 feet east of Winding Path Drive, from R to L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential. Approved 9-0.
  • 1769-2026 (CV25-123): variance of building lines and perimeter yard for a multi-unit residential development at the same site. Staff report accepted, findings adopted, approved; all 9-0.

Airport Drive Commercial Rezoning

  • 1772-2026 (Z25-030): 2500 Airport Dr. (43219), 5.5 acres on the north side of Airport Drive, 900 feet east of North Nelson Road, from R-1, Residential, to CPD. Approved 9-0.

East First Avenue Urban Center Rezoning

  • 1805-2026 (Z26-009): 274 E. 1st Ave. (43201), 6.94 acres at the northeast corner of East 1st Avenue and North 6th Street, from M, Manufacturing, to UCT, Urban Center. Approved 9-0.

West Park Avenue Nonprofit Variance

  • 1764-2026 (CV25-133): allows a non-profit organization with associated retail, office and assembly space in the R-4 Residential District at 89 West Park Ave. (43222). Approved 9-0.

North Hampton Road Rooming House Variance

  • 1800-2026 (CV25-113): allows a rooming house with no parking lot screening in the R-4 district at 128-130 N. Hampton Rd. (43213). Approved 9-0.

Innis Road Mixed Residential Variance

  • 1822-2026 (CV26-038): allows a mixed-residential development with reduced development standards in the L-M district at 2150 Innis Rd. (43224) and revokes Ordinance 3060-2024, passed November 18, 2024. Approved 9-0.

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