Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV12-049
APPLICANT: Historic Dennison Hotel LLC; c/o Donald Plank, Plank Law Firm; 145 East Rich St., 3rd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Thirty-five unit apartment building.
VICTORIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Ordinance No. 0746-2012 (CV12-004; 789 Dennison Avenue) was approved April 30, 2012, to conform an apartment building in the R-4, Residential District, and to allow the construction of a roof-top pavilion. The building was originally constructed as a six-story hotel that was later converted to a 39-unit apartment building. Twenty-six units with six parking spaces were approved with Ordinance No. 0746-2012, but the unit count was reduced to twenty-three after building plans were filed. This request incorporates the property immediately to the south to allow a four-story addition to 789 Dennison Avenue with twelve dwelling units and thirty-two enclosed parking spaces. The existing apartment building on that property will be demolished. The request is to allow a thirty-five unit apartment building and also includes variances for height, setback and yard standards, aisle width, and minimum number of parking spaces. A Council variance is required because the R-4, Residential District permits a maximum of four dwelling units in one building. Approval of this request will not add a new or incompatible use to the area, and results in less dwelling units with more off-street parking spaces than the original number of dwelling units on this property.
Title
To grant a variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, Residential district; 3309.14(A), Height districts; 3312.13(B), Driveway; 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3332.15, R-4 area district requirements; 3332.18(D), Basis of computing area; 3332.21, Building lines; 3332.25, Maximum side yard required; 3332.26(F), Minimum side yard permitted; and 3332...
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