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North Central
University-edge streets threaded by Glen Echo Ravine, between OSU and Clintonville.
- Landmark
- Glen Echo Ravine cuts a wooded park through the street grid.
- City Council
- District 2District 3
- Local civic body
- North Central Area CommissionCity-recognized area commissionMeets 6:00 pm, 1st Thursday of each month · Ohio Dominican University Bishop James A. Griffin Student Center, 2nd Floor. Meeting schedule & map
- Zone In status
- Phase 2 draft districts are published and open for public comment through Oct 24, 2026; today the parcels keep their current zoning.
What's in the public record
Recent building permits
1,347 permits on record inside the North Central Area Commission’s boundary since 2024.
- New structure (1–3 family) · 1635 E 12TH AVE2026
- New structure (1–3 family) · 1568 GIBBARD AVE2026
- New structure (1–3 family) · 1627 E 12TH AVE2026
- New structure (1–3 family) · 1631 E 12TH AVE2026
- Electrical (1–3 family) · 1568 GIBBARD AVE2026
How the North Central community compares
The North Central community’s standing across Civic Worth’s civic maps. Open any measure to see it on the map.
Ranked across the City of Columbus’s Columbus Communities planning areas, which the City notes aren’t a substitute for area commission boundaries.
- Code-enforcement & blight pressure35.7 code cases per 1,000 parcels · #13 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- 311 requests resolved within 7 days42% share resolved within 7 days · #25 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Development pulse (2025 building permits)78.7 permits per 1,000 parcels · #37 of 40 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Rent burden (studio)31.6% fair-market rent as % of median income · #9 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Digital divide14.6% households without home broadband (%) · #9 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Aging housing stock69 median age of homes (years) · #18 of 36 · as of Oct 9, 2026
Zone In Phase 2 in the North Central community
Under the City’s Phase 2 Public Review Draft, 41% of the North Central community’s land is proposed for a new zoning district, across 131 draft districts.
Most-proposed districts (by parcels)
- IU · Industrial Urban — 286 parcels
- UGN-1 · Urban General 1 — 240 parcels
- IMX · Industrial Mixed-Use — 173 parcels
Public Review Draft, Aug 2026 — subject to change. Source: City of Columbus Zone In Phase 2 draft map (ArcGIS layer 808), as of 2026-10-09.
Example North Central parcels
Three real addresses inside the neighborhood — open one to see its full civic record.
ZIP codes in the North Central Area Commission’s area
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