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ARB recommends approval of large rezoning (ZC48-2024) with text edits, including permitted LED lighting
Summary
The Architectural Review Board voted to recommend approval of rezoning application ZC48-2024 (about 108.1 acres), accepting a three-subarea framework that retains existing residential entitlements, adds form-based standards for Subarea 3 and includes commitments for parkland and setbacks; ARB required textual edits and clarified that LED pedestrian lighting be permitted.
The New Albany Architectural Review Board unanimously recommended approval July 8 of a rezoning application (ZC48-2024) that would replace the existing CPD text with a new comprehensive plan unit development (CPUD) text covering roughly 108.1 acres south and southwest of State Route 161.
Staff explained that the proposed CPUD retains many current permitted uses (including community facilities) and organizes the site into three subareas: Subarea 1 for community-facility-style uses, Subarea 2 for office uses, and Subarea 3 where the existing entitlement for roughly 294 residential units remains but would be required to follow the urban center code's form-based standards. Staff highlighted a commitment to a large park adjacent to the headwaters of Rose Run Creek and noted minimum setbacks (potentially 300'100+ feet) along Dublin-Granville Road in the current draft.
Board members asked detailed questions about how the ARB will see subsequent architecture and how the road alignment for a proposed Ganton Parkway extension will be handled; staff and applicant representatives said alignment and profile decisions are being worked by city engineers and that the ARB will review preliminary and final development plans that address architecture and right-of-way impacts. The text also contains provisions on fencing, lighting and permitted building typologies; the board asked for a wording correction to refer to the ARB where a draft line said "architectural review district," and members requested that LED lighting be explicitly permitted in pedestrian/landscape lighting language.
A board member moved to recommend approval of the zoning text with the discussed edits (including permitting LED lighting in all three subareas); the motion was seconded and passed with all votes in favor. The recommendation now moves to the planning commission for further review.
