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GLOSSARY
Business Incubator
- A program designed to assist in the development of new businesses in the University District by providing office space, support services, etc.Campus Collaborative for Educational Excellence - A consortium of colleges and academic units at Ohio State University which includes faculty and graduate students from more than 30 different colleges and units of the University.
Campus Partners - A non-profit organization established in January 1995 to accomplish two priorities - to develop a comprehensive neighborhood Revitalization Plan and Implementation Strategy and to actively promote projects and programs that can have an immediate, positive impact on the neighborhoods.
Core Value - Firmly held beliefs that establish continuity between all future actions and provide the organizing elements for all recommendations and actions. Core values were shaped by public input and responses to the revitalization plan.
Defensible Space - Based on the concept of crime prevention through environmental design, defensible space creates zones of greater control and surveillance of personal space and property, leading to improved personal safety
East Campus - A predominantly rental neighborhood located east of Pearl Avenue, south of Woodruff Avenue, north of 11th Avenue, and west of Summit Street.
Festival Marketplace - Mixed use development that combines national and local retailers in an entertainment environment.
Greenways - Linear corridors, often streets, which are planned to receive landscape, pedestrian and other upgrades.
Pre-Service Students - Students in training.
Special Improvement District - An assessment district funded by district businesses. Funding provides security patrols, enhanced public services and management programs for businesses within the district.
Storage Parking - Long term parking designed for individuals who do not need their cars on a daily basis
Transfer of Development Rights - A program which designates certain neighborhoods as sender zones for development credits (additional units) and certain neighborhoods as receiver zones for these additional credits. This effectively reduces the density in the sender zones and increases the density in the receiver zones. Sometimes referred to as Development Rights Transfer or TDR.
University Area Improvement Task Force - A task force established in January 1994 to respond to growing concerns regarding the quality of life in the University District.
University District - A 2.5 square mile planning area directly north of downtown Columbus. The District encompasses 1,500 acres bounded by Glen Echo Ravine to the north, the Conrail Corridor to the east, 5th Avenue to the south, and the Olentangy River to the west.
University Neighborhoods - A subset of the University District, and the subject of the Revitalization Plan, encompassing similar boundaries to the University District but not including the area north of Northwood Avenue or the area south of King and west of Wall Street.
University District Overlay - A zoning district adopted in 1992, which overlays the University District and increases developer requirements for design appropriateness and limits density.
University District Organization - An organization of organizations providing an umbrella for all neighborhood and community organizations in the University District.
University Community Business Association - The local business organization for all businesses within the University District.
University Area Commission - A publicly elected body which acts as an advisory body to the City Columbus on planning and zoning issues within the University District.
West Campus - The area of the Ohio State University campus located west of the Olentangy River.
ACE
- Active Criminal Eviction ProjectCCP - Community Crime Patrol
CCP - Columbus Comprehensive Plan
CDP - Columbus Division of Police
CEO - Code Enforcement Officers
CEP - Comprehensive Education Program
CHMA - Columbus Housing Management Authority
CHP - Columbus Housing Partnership
CO - Certificate of Occupancy
COA - Certificate of Appropriateness
COTA - Central Ohio Transit Authority
CSA - Community Service Aide
CWEP - County Work Experience Program
EZ-SEP - Enterprise Zone Subsidized Employment Program
FAR - Floor Area Ratio
GIS - Geographic Information System
HUD - Housing and Urban Development (Federal agency)
MCC - Mortgage Credit Certificate
MRB - Mortgage Revenue Bond
NECKO - A neighborhood bounded by Neil, Eighth, Cannon and King
NDC - Northside Development Corporation
ODOT - Ohio Department of Transportation
OSU - Ohio State University
OZ - Overlay Zone
SCAT - Street Crime Attack Team
SEP - Subsidized Employment Program
SID - Special Improvement District
TDR - Transfer of Development Rights
UCBA - University Community Business Association
UDO - University District Organization
ULI - Urban Land Institute
University District
University Community Business Association, Block Maps, UCBA, (date unknown).
Office of Business Administration, Ohio State University, Capital Improvements Plan, Ohio State University, July, 1993.
City of Columbus, Division of Planning, Capital Improvements Needs Assessment, City of Columbus, November, 1993.
City of Columbus, Department of Development, Columbus Comprehensive Plan, City of Columbus, December, 1993.
University District Organization: Community Directions, University District Organization, 1986.
University District Organization, Draft Proposal to Designate the University District as a Special Parking Area, City of Columbus, July, 1984.
OSU City & Regional Planning 853: General Plan for the University Area, Ohio State University, Department of City & Regional Planning, March, 1994.
Christoforidis, Alexander; Fani, Judy; Huber, Stephanie; Khan, Arif; Melican, Peggy; Van Otten, Eric: High Street Corridor Redevelopment Plan, Ohio State University Department of City and Regional Planning, April, 1993.
(Author Unknown), The High Street Corridor Vision. (Publisher and date unknown).
Chance Management Advisors, Inc., Central Campus Traffic and Parking Study, Ohio State University, October, 1993.
Habash, Matthew: Memorandum on The University Area Improvement Issues, City of Columbus, May, 1994.
UCBA, Proposals for Change, UCBA, October, 1990.
OSU Department of City and Regional Planning: Strategies to Enhance the Quality of the High Street Commercial Strip, [Publisher], August, 1985.
Urban Land Institute, Advisory Services Panel: ULI Panel Report: Columbus, Ohio, Urban Land Institute, March, 1992.
University Area Improvement Task Force: Report, The Ohio State University, June, 1994.
University District Organization, University Area Parking and Alley Improvement Report, City of Columbus, 1979.
Urban Land Institute, Advisory Services Panel: Campus Partners, Columbus, Ohio: recommendations for the Revitalization of the University District Neighborhoods; Urban Land Institute, July , 1995.
University District Organization, University Area Plan, City of Columbus, August, 1978.
University Area Commission: University Area Vacancies Study, University Area Commission, November, 1992.
City of Columbus Division of Planning, University District Planning Study, City of Columbus, February, 1991.
City of Columbus, Department of Development, University/High Street Report, City of Columbus, 1976.
Special/Business Improvement Districts
Houston, Lawrence O., Jr.: "Betting on BID's," Urban Land, June, 1994.
Knies, Scott: "Creating a Downtown Association from Scratch," IDA Special Report, May, 1990.
Martin, Douglas: "Districts to Improve Business Proliferate," New York Times, March 25, 1994.
International Downtown Association: "Downtown Management Districts: An Overview," Business Improvement Districts, International Downtown Association, August, 1995.
Editorial Staff, The Philadelphia Enquirer: "Success Story," The Philadelphia Enquirer, December 9, 1994, p. A22.
Pierce, Neal R.: "With a lot of help, Times Square bouncing back," Raleigh News & Observer, February 17, 1994, p. 18A.
Zoning
Lassar, Terry Jill: Carrots & Sticks: New Zoning Downtown, Urban Land Institute, 1989.
City of Columbus, Zoning Ordinance.