Permits for staged development.
Columbus City Codes § 3347.07
in effect3347.07 - Permits for staged development.
Within a planned community district no buildings shall be erected, constructed, altered or enlarged, except upon the issuance of a certificate of zoning clearance by the director for each particular stage in which the development is proposed. An application for a certificate of zoning clearance shall be submitted to the director for approval, containing, in addition to all the information required by C.C. Sections 3347.03, 3311.41, 3311.17, the exact location of all utility easements. No such application shall be approved unless:
(a) It is filed within four years of the date of the Zoning Map amendment creating the planned community district, or within four years of the date which was indicated for development of the particular stage in the application filed prior to such amendment as required by C.C. Section 3347.03(f), whichever later occurs; failure to meet this qualification beyond the latest time allowed herein shall require the development commission to hold a hearing to ascertain the reasons for failure to meet this qualification and therewith the commission shall recommend an extension of time of stated duration or shall direct the director to file an application for rezoning the property;
(b) The development conforms to the stage identified on development plans submitted pursuant to Section 3347.03(f) provided, however, that a different numbered stage may be substituted for the one required by the schedule contained on the development plan, if the substitution of the stage will not disrupt the development of the streets and utilities and will preserve development of the district in accord with the comprehensive plan filed by the applicant pursuant to C.C. Section 3347.03. Where a substitution is made the stage substituted shall assume the number and date of the commencement of the stage which has assumed its position on the schedule;
(c) The development proposed in the application meets all the requirements of C.C. Sections 3347.02 and 3347.04;
(d) The development proposed in the application is in full and substantial compliance with the representations made in the Zoning Map amendment creating the planned community district; provided, however, that if 75 percent of the separate linear lengths of streets, sewer mains, and water mains in the stage are located within the corridors shown in the Zoning Map amendment creating the planned community district, such sewer mains, water mains, and streets shall be deemed to be in compliance in regard to location;
(e) At least five percent of the maximum number of dwelling units proposed for the entire district pursuant to C.C. Section 3347.03(f) have been initiated and completed in the first two stages; and
(f) The development of the proposed stage shall not cause the residential density of the portion of the district which will have been developed upon completion of the proposed stage to exceed 17½ dwelling units per gross acre, and in no case shall the overall density of the planned community district exceed 14 units per gross acre upon completion of the project.
(Ord. 577-84; Ord. 1272-01 § 1 (part); Ord. No. 0455-2010, § 67, 4-5-2010)
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