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Upper Arlington schedules hearing after questions over Columbia Gas’ house-like utility station design and variances
Summary
Upper Arlington staff and Columbia Gas presented a design for a new natural gas regulator station disguised as a single-family house, outlined three variances the project will require and scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 16; staff requested more renderings and details before formal review.
Upper Arlington city planning staff and a representative of Columbia Gas Ohio discussed plans to place a natural gas regulator station on a residential lot and scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 16 on the project and related variances.
City planning staff described the ordinance standards the project must meet, saying the station’s equipment must be “fully enclosed, with sound limiting equipment, closed windows and double doors,” and that the design will be reviewed by the city’s third-party architect “as if this were a single family house.” The staff member said the code requires residential-compatibility review of height, scale, massing and materials.
The project as presented includes a primary building with about a 5,000-square-foot footprint and roughly 25…
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