UAC Jan 16, 2008 Agenda
January 16, 2008 Agenda
6:30 Call to Order, Welcome, Roll Call
1. Approval of Minutes - Doreen Uhas -Sauer Vote
2. Treasurer’s Report - Seth Golding Information
Reports
1. Columbus Police Report – Officer Carl Johnson Information
2. City of Columbus Code Enforcement – Deborah VanDyke Information
3. City of Columbus Neighborhood Liaison - Steve Soble Information
4. Campus Partners - Steve Sterrett Information
Public Comments & Announcements (3 minutes allowed per speaker)
1.
Committee Highlight Reports
1. Zoning Committee – Ron Hupman, Chair Vote
2. Planning Committee (Green Plan Update) – Elan Daniel Vote
3. Community Relations Committee - Richard Allen, Chair Information
4. Code & Environment Committee - Tom Wildman, Chair Information
5. Governance Committee Report - David Hegley, Chair Information
Special Report
1. City Attorney clarification on Good Neighbor Agreements Information
Adjournment - Next Meeting – February 20, 2008: 2231 N. High St Rm 100
Zoning Committee Motion Details
37-35 W. Oakland Ave . Applicant: Susan Martin, attorney for the Pavey family trust
Motion: To recommend approval of the variances required to construct a 25 space parking lot in accordance with a site plan dated January 4, 2008 at the rear of 35-37 W. Oakland that would serve residential tenants of properties owned by various Pavey family interests
The committee’s overriding concern was the precedent that approval of this project would set considering the position that the commission has traditionally taken on parking lots beyond Wall and Pearl alleys. Additionally, the committee felt there were other issues that would be difficult to resolve, including:
Restricting use to residents and preventing use by commercial patrons.
Since this lot would serve numerous Pavey properties, the problems that would arise if at some later time properties were sold individually.
Parking can’t continue to be created to accommodate density of residents; there must be control of density
The committee unanimously recommends disapproval.
Planning Committee Motion Details
Proposed Language for UCO - The Planning Committee voted unanimously for the following language to be considered for inclusion in the updated Urban Commercial Overlay.
The University Area Commission offers the following recommendation in regard to proposed changes to the Urban Commercial Overlay:
Recognizing that there are often multiple uses of widely varying intensity within a building, percentage reductions to required parking based on ranges of square feet should be applied to the area of a particular use rather than to the area of a building.
2,001-10,000 sq. ft: 50% reduction in required parking except for restaurant/ bar and assembly (including churches) uses where the reduction shall be 25% Greater than 10,000 sq.ft: Parking shall be provided as required by Chapter 3342 but shall not exceed those requirements.
Recommended for the University Area if not elsewhere – The parking provided for any use category shall not exceed the parking required by Chapter 3342.
In addition, it is strongly recommended that all administrative parking waivers be eliminated and that requests for any parking reductions, without regard to magnitude, be handled through the standard variance processes. Construction of outdoor seating areas, even when a parking variance is not required, should require a special permit issued by the Board of Zoning adjustment that will assure a public review process that will include recommendations from the cognizant area commission/civic association.