Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV12-029
APPLICANT: German Village Holdings, Ltd.; c/o Kristin E. Rosan and Darcy A. Shafer; Attys.; Madison & Rosan LLP; 39 East Whittier Street; Columbus, OH 43206.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-commercial building with apartments above along with a single-unit dwelling on one lot.
GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The property is zoned R-2F, Residential District, and is developed with a Laundromat and retail wine shop on the first floor, and three second-story apartments. A separate single-unit dwelling is also developed on the rear of the property. The requested Council variance will allow the conversion of 882 square feet of retail space into an eating and drinking establishment to be used by the wine shop for a wine bar/tasting area, and will conform the existing uses and conditions on the property. Variances for setbacks, yard standards, and minimum number of parking spaces are included in the request. Maintaining the site’s mixed commercial and residential uses is consistent with the development pattern of the area. The main impact of this development would be on parking in the neighborhood, but because the applicant owns an eighteen-space parking lot on the adjacent parcel to the north for use by commercial patrons, that impact is substantially reduced. The Department of Public Service Division of Planning and Operations supports the parking variance. Staff has expressed our discomfort with the conditions decided by the German Village Commission, noting that it would be unrealistic to expect them to be enforceable, and have discouraged them from being in the ordinance. The applicant instead is pursuing has attempted to pursue a Good Neighbor Agreement with the German Village Society.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Resi...
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