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Planning staff presents proposed subdivision control changes on open space, sidewalks and lot frontage

5489498 · February 4, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff presented a first reading of amendments to Columbus City's Subdivision Control Ordinance covering tiered open-space requirements, sidewalk provisions, serial subdivision rules and changes to plat amendment consent rules; no formal council vote was recorded at the meeting.

Jeff Burton of the Planning Department presented revisions to the city's Subdivision Control Ordinance at the Feb. 4 Columbus City Common Council meeting, laying out a three-tier open-space requirement, changes to sidewalk timing, and revisions to lot-frontage and replat procedures.

Burton said the Planning Commission formed a working group with planning and parks staff and recommended the changes unanimously. The proposed open-space requirements apply only to new residential subdivisions and are tiered by size: subdivisions of 1'49 lots would see no new requirement; subdivisions of 50'299 lots would be required to set aside common open space starting at one-half acre for 50 lots and increasing by a half acre for each additional 50 lots; and subdivisions of 300 or more lots would generally require a neighborhood park…

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