Administration.
Columbus City Codes § 3320.13
in effect3320.13 - Administration.
A. General Provisions.
1. A traditional neighborhood development (TND) can include one or more of four zoning districts: neighborhood edge, neighborhood general, neighborhood center and town center. The procedures in Chapters 3305 and 3307 of the Columbus City Code apply to a TND. Additional requirements are described herein.
2. The TND is not subject to limited overlay provisions of Columbus City Codes Chapter 3370.
3. Should conflicts exist with other provisions of the Zoning Code, the more stringent provisions shall apply.
4. Should conflicts exist, this article shall take precedence over Section 3123.08 of Columbus City Codes.
5. Should conflicts exist, the Columbus Building Code shall take precedence over this article.
6. Applications shall comply with requirements of Chapters 3318 and 3125.
7. The definitions in this article apply only to the TND article. In the absence of a definition in this article, other definitions of the Zoning Code apply.
8. The minimum land area for rezoning to a TND district is two acres.
9. If the development contains private roads, each property owner must be notified of this fact by deed or covenant.
10. Diagrams included in this article serve only as illustrations and shall not be used as definitions or limitations.
11. Projects of 50 to 100 acres shall have no less than ten percent of the project area contained in each of two TND districts
12. Projects over 100 acres shall have no less than ten percent of the project area contained in each of three TND districts.
13. No more than 50 percent of any TND project area shall be allocated to neighborhood edge district.
14. Projects over 100 acres shall have no more than 50 percent of the project area allocated to neighborhood center district.
15. Perimeter lots in the neighborhood general district that abut the neighborhood center district may be developed using neighborhood edge standards. No other use of neighborhood edge districts or standards may occur adjacent to neighborhood center or town center districts.
B. Rezoning Application Requirements.
1. An application for rezoning must include:
A. Development plan including a site plan indicating the proposed district(s) (neighborhood edge, neighborhood general, neighborhood center, or town center), conceptual bicycle plan, conceptual thoroughfare plan including thoroughfare types and connections to adjacent thoroughfares and properties, designation of public thoroughfares known at the time of zoning, and the one-third mile pedestrian shed or commercial uses; civic spaces including the location of play equipment, and civic buildings; location and size of civic spaces and civic building sites; maximum number of residential units, and maximum square footage of non-residential uses for each district.
B. Regional context diagram (drawing upon the existing land uses, the proposed land use plan, and/or approved area plan) showing how the application fits into the surrounding land uses and is consistent with the purpose statement and intent of this article per Chapter 3320.
C. Statement addressing the consistency of the application with each TND principle in Section 3320.011.
D. An existing conditions plan, depicting the site at the time of zoning application, at least one inch equals 200 feet min, showing location, north arrow, scale, property lines, dimensions and area, adjacent properties, existing thoroughfares, existing buildings and natural and historic resources.
2. After approval of the application for rezoning by city council the applicant must submit the regulating plan (Section 3320.135) and any additional documentation requested to support compliance with requirements of the rezoning ordinance.
C. Regulating Plan Administrative Review.
1. After approval of the rezoning application by city council, the applicant must submit a regulating plan for administrative determination of compliance with the requirements of this article. To receive administrative approval the regulating plan must be in compliance with the boundaries of the zoning districts, maximum number of residential units and maximum square footage of non-residential uses as approved by city council and the requirements of this article. Substantial compliance must be achieved with respect to the conceptual thoroughfare plan, bikeway plan and the location and size of civic spaces and civic building sites approved by city council. No zoning clearance shall be issued without such approval. Substantial compliance with regard to the conceptual thoroughfare plan will mean compliance with type of public and publicly accessible thoroughfares, unless changes are approved by department of public service, general location and type of access to adjacent thoroughfares and properties, the general internal circulation pattern, and the designation of public thoroughfares.
2. The purpose of the administrative review is to confirm that submitted documents conform to the requirements of this article. A checklist containing the mandatory and desired elements of Sections 3320.15, 3320.17, 3320.19, and 3320.21 with a minimum score required, will be used to determine regulating plan compliance with the code.
3. A regulating plan may be submitted for all or a portion of territory zoned in one or more TND districts. If the regulating plan is intended to claim points for features or meet requirements such as parking through features, contained in the larger territory but outside the limits of the regulating plan itself, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) is required to be submitted at the time of regulating plan submittal. The MOA is an agreement among the owner(s) of the property that was the subject of the rezoning, the developer(s) of the regulating plan area, and the City of Columbus. The MOA must describe specifically the areas in which points will be claimed for features outside the regulating plan area and whether it is intended to claim points for such features on future regulating plans.
4. The owner(s) of property and the developer(s) of the regulating plan area must sign the MOA at the time of regulating plan submittal. Upon approval of the regulating plan, the director of the department of development or designee will sign the MOA and copies will be transmitted to the owner(s) and developer(s). A copy of the MOA will be placed in the rezoning file for use in the review of each regulating plan for territory contained in the TND district(s) covered by the rezoning.
5. The regulating plan must contain all mandatory elements in each section (thoroughfares, natural and historic resources, civic spaces and civic buildings, private buildings) and obtain at least 50 percent of the possible points in the desired elements category of each section and 75 percent of the possible points of both categories (mandatory and desired elements) for all sections added together. Within the desired elements categories, items not applicable to a particular application shall not count toward the basis points for calculating the percentages. Under no circumstances are bonus points to be considered toward the basis points.
6. Documents including, but not limited to, the following shall constitute the regulating plan.
Form A: Regulating Plan Review Application.
Form B: Project Statistics Table.
A site plan at least one inch equals 200 feet minimum, with corresponding statistics, showing natural and historic resources, zoning districts, proposed thoroughfares and thoroughfare types, proposed civic spaces, and adjacent properties, thoroughfares, buildings, and natural and historic resources. All thoroughfare types, parking regulations, zoning districts and boundaries, frontage types, building parcels and/or lots must be labeled on the site plan.
List of street tree species for the approval of the city forester.
Civic space detail plans at one inch equals 50 feet minimum, showing landscaping and location of benches and play equipment, catalog cuts of site furniture, details and specifications of pads for site furniture, layout drawings of playground equipment and manufacturer specifications, and details and specifications of playground surfacing materials.
An illustrative site plan at one inch equals 200 feet minimum. (optional)
Proposed home owners association documents.
Any additional materials, as required, to document compliance with the code.
(Ord. 1518-01 § 3 (part); Ord. 1627-02 § 2; Ord. No. 0128-2009, § 1, 2-9-2009; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT33ZOCO_CH3320TRNEDE_3320.13ADFetched: 10/27/2026