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2026-08-31 - Zoning Committee

Summary

Built from the final minutes (regular meeting no. 38 of City Council, Zoning). No agenda or video is recorded for this meeting. The minutes record motions and votes but no public testimony or debate.

  • Called to order 6:52 PM; all nine members present: Bankston, Barroso De Padilla, Day-Achauer, Dorans, Green, Remy, Ross, Wyche and Hardin.
  • Journal dispensed with and approved 9-0 (Wyche / Green).
  • Three items, all first read on August 24 (2026-08-24 - Columbus City Council), taken on the emergency, postponed and second-reading calendar. Dorans made every motion; every vote was 9-0.
  • Each ordinance was amended to an emergency ordinance (so it takes effect immediately) and approved as amended.
  • Adjourned 6:59 PM (Remy / Dorans, 9-0).
  • Same evening: 2026-08-31 - Columbus City Council.

East Sixth Avenue Auto Repair Rezoning

  • 1931-2026 (Z20-034) rezones 2700 East 6th Avenue (43219), 0.87 acres at the northwest corner of North Cassidy Avenue and East 6th Street, from M-2 Manufacturing and AR-1 Apartment Residential to L-M Limited Manufacturing. Dorans / Wyche: amend as submitted to the Clerk; Dorans / Wyche: amend to emergency; Dorans / Day-Achauer: approve as amended. All 9-0.
  • 1932-2026 (council variance CV20-039), same property: variances from landscaping and screening, parking setback, striping and marking, improved surface, wheel stop, distance separation (Section 3356.07) and building line provisions to allow an automobile repair facility with reduced development standards in the L-M district. Dorans / Green: accept the staff report into evidence, adopt staff findings as the findings of Council, amend to emergency, approve as amended. All 9-0.

North Champion Avenue Parking Variance

  • 2073-2026 (council variance CV26-016) for 290 North Champion Avenue (43203): variances from Sections 3332.02 (apartment residential use), dumpster area, aisle, driveway, landscaping, maneuvering, parking setback, parking space, required parking (3312.49(C)), vision clearance, building lines, side yards, yard obstruction and perimeter yard, to allow primary and non-accessory parking with reduced development standards in the ARLD Apartment Residential District. Dorans / Green: accept the staff report and adopt staff findings; Dorans / Green: amend as submitted to the Clerk; Dorans / Ross: amend to emergency and approve as amended. All 9-0.

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