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North Linden
Cleveland Avenue residential blocks on the city's near-north side.
- Landmark
- The Northern Lights library branch anchors Cleveland Avenue.
- City Council
- District 2
- Local civic body
- North Linden Area CommissionCity-recognized area commissionMeets 6:00 pm, 3rd Thursday of each month · Linden Recreation Center. 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
3,111 permits on record inside the North Linden Area Commission’s boundary since 2024.
- Electrical (1–3 family) · 3161 MCGUFFEY RD2026
- Electrical (commercial) · 2881 HOMECROFT DR2026
- Mechanical (1–3 family) · 2579 ATWOOD TER2026
- Plumbing (1–3 family) · 2575 ATWOOD TER2026
- Electrical (1–3 family) · 2579 ATWOOD TER2026
How the North Linden community compares
The North Linden 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 pressure49.3 code cases per 1,000 parcels · #9 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- 311 requests resolved within 7 days45% share resolved within 7 days · #21 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Development pulse (2025 building permits)92.4 permits per 1,000 parcels · #35 of 40 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Rent burden (studio)26.9% fair-market rent as % of median income · #14 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Digital divide11.8% households without home broadband (%) · #12 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Aging housing stock75 median age of homes (years) · #16 of 36 · as of Oct 9, 2026
Zone In Phase 2 in the North Linden community
Under the City’s Phase 2 Public Review Draft, 7.3% of the North Linden community’s land is proposed for a new zoning district, across 80 draft districts.
Most-proposed districts (by parcels)
- UGN-1 · Urban General 1 — 178 parcels
- EMX · Emerging Mixed-Use — 123 parcels
- UCT · Urban Center — 52 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 Linden parcels
Three real addresses inside the neighborhood — open one to see its full civic record.
ZIP codes in the North Linden Area Commission’s area
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