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Southside
Schumacher Place and Merion Village — brick streets just south of German Village.
- Landmark
- The 1905 Reeb Avenue schoolhouse is now the neighborhood's community hub.
- City Council
- District 4District 5
- Local civic body
- Columbus South Side Area CommissionCity-recognized area commissionMeets 6:30 pm, 3rd Tuesday of each month · Parsons Library Branch. Meeting schedule & map
- Zone In status
- Phase 1 corridors here are rezoned and enacted under the new Title 34 code — the new districts already apply.
What's in the public record
Recent building permits
4,302 permits on record inside the Columbus South Side Area Commission’s boundary since 2024.
- New structure (1–3 family) · 919-921 S CHAMPION AVE2026
- Mechanical (1–3 family) · 1298 E GATES ST2026
- New structure (1–3 family) · 1290 E GATES ST2026
- New structure (1–3 family) · 1298 E GATES ST2026
- Mechanical (1–3 family) · 1298 E GATES ST2026
How the South Side community compares
The South Side 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 pressure66.6 code cases per 1,000 parcels · #3 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- 311 requests resolved within 7 days47% share resolved within 7 days · #15 of 35 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Development pulse (2025 building permits)123 permits per 1,000 parcels · #20 of 40 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Rent burden (studio)28.8% fair-market rent as % of median income · #11 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Digital divide14.9% households without home broadband (%) · #8 of 41 · as of Oct 9, 2026
- Aging housing stock101 median age of homes (years) · #9 of 36 · as of Oct 9, 2026
Zone In Phase 2 in the South Side community
Under the City’s Phase 2 Public Review Draft, 42.5% of the South Side community’s land is proposed for a new zoning district, across 283 draft districts.
Most-proposed districts (by parcels)
- EMX · Emerging Mixed-Use — 1,018 parcels
- UCT · Urban Center — 344 parcels
- UGN-1 · Urban General 1 — 287 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 Southside parcels
Three real addresses inside the neighborhood — open one to see its full civic record.
ZIP codes in the Columbus South Side Area Commission’s area
Explore other Columbus neighborhoods
See these patterns across the whole city on the Columbus civic maps — zoning, permits, 311 response times, displacement risk, and more.