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Downtown commission backs citywide growth plan and recommends Mixed Use 3 downtown
Summary
The Columbus Downtown Commission voted to recommend City Council adopt a land‑use classification of Mixed Use 3 for downtown as part of the citywide Columbus Growth Strategy, a policy step that staff says is needed to advance the next phase of the Zone In zoning rewrite.
Luis Taba, the city’s Zone In project manager, asked the Downtown Commission to recommend that City Council adopt a downtown land‑use classification of Mixed Use 3 as part of the Columbus Growth Strategy, a citywide policy map and design guideline package intended to replace fragmented area plans.
Taba told the commission the existing framework is spread across 40 area plans and some policies date from 1993, producing 200 land‑use categories that can produce uneven outcomes. He said Phase 1 of Zone In (2021–2024) covered roughly 4% of the city, focused on corridors, and created six mixed‑use districts;…
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