§ 3372.603 — Applicability and Extent

3372.603 - Applicability and Extent.

The standards and requirements of the UCO apply as follows: A. This overlay applies to retail, restaurant, office or medical office uses. B. Any parcel located within the geographic boundaries of any UCO that has been rezoned to a 2024 Zoning Code district designation is hereby excluded from the UCO and will not be indicated on the Digital Zoning Map as being in the UCO. C. The placement, construction, or reconstruction of a principal building is subject to all standards and requirements of this overlay, except as applied to non-conforming buildings as provided in Section 3391.01 and except as applied to routine maintenance and in-kind replacement of materials. Facade renovations or exterior renovations are not considered reconstruction of a principal building. D. The expansion of a principal building's gross floor area by up to 50 percent is subject to applicable provisions of C.C. 3372.605 and C.C. 3372.607 and the expansion of a principal building's gross floor area by more than 50 percent is subject to all standards and requirements of this overlay. E. The extension or expansion of a principal building toward a public street is subject to all applicable standards and requirements of this overlay. F. Exterior alteration of a primary building frontage is subject to C.C. Section 3372.605, items A, C, D, E, F, G, and H. For purposes of this requirement, the placement of window shutters, fabric canopies and awnings and/or building-mounted signage is not considered to be exterior alteration. G. The parking standards in C.C. Section 3372.609 apply to existing buildings, additions, and new construction. H. The construction or installation of a new parking lot, graphic, exterior lighting, fence or other accessory structure is subject to all the applicable provisions herein. Overlay standards do not apply to the re-striping or reconfiguration of existing parking lots. I. In architectural review commission districts properties are subject to C.C. Sections 3372.604, 3372.607, 3372.608 and 3372.609, and are not subject to Sections 3372.605 and C.C. 3372.606. Any standard or requirement of this overlay may be modified or waived by an architectural review commission for structures within that architectural review commission's given boundary. J. The Graphics Commission may consider a variance request to any graphics standard or graphics requirement of this overlay. Nonconforming graphics and routine maintenance and in-kind replacement of materials are exempt from the graphics standards and requirements of this overlay and are subject to Section 3381.08. K. The standards contained in the overlay are in addition to the regulations of the underlying zoning districts and the general requirements contained in the Columbus Zoning Code. Where a specific overlay standard is imposed, it is to be followed in lieu of a general provision of the Zoning Code: where the overlay does not address a required standard and it is otherwise contained in the Zoning Code, the Zoning Code standard shall be followed. Except as conditioned by City Council, the Board of Zoning Adjustment or Graphics Commission, the provisions of this overlay are deemed more restrictive.

(Ord. 1095-02 § 2 (part): Ord. 2431 § 2; Ord. 0854-2008 § 10; Ord. No. 0544-2009, § 15, 6-22-2009; Ord. No. 2111-2024, § 1(Att.), 7-29-2024)