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Council Variance Application: CV21-126
APPLICANT: Simplified Living Architecture; c/o Heidi Bolyard; 6065 Frantz Road, Suite 205; Dublin, OH 43017.
PROPOSED USE: Guest suite within a detached garage.
CLINTONVILLE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of a single-unit dwelling zoned in the R-3, Residential District. The applicant requests a Council variance to permit the addition of habitable space within a detached garage. A Council variance is necessary because the zoning code only permits habitable space within a detached garage when connected directly to habitable space in a dwelling. The request also includes an increase to the garage height. Staff supports the addition of habitable space to the detached garage and increased garage height with the condition that it will not be converted to, or used as, a separate dwelling unit.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.38(H), Private garage; and 3332.38(G), Private garage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 61 W. NORTH BROADWAY (43214), to permit habitable space within a detached garage with increased height in the R-3, Residential District (Council Variance #CV21-126).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV21-126, the owner of the property at 61 W. NORTH BROADWAY (43214), is requesting a Variance to permit habitable space within a detached garage with increased height in the R-3, Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.38(H), Private garage, requires habitable space in a garage to connect directly with habitable space in a dwelling, while the applicant proposes habitable space within a detached garage that is not connected to habitable space within the single-unit dwelling; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.38(G), Private garage, limits garage height to 15 feet, while the applicant proposes a garage height of 19 feet and 11.5 inches; and
WHEREAS, the Clintonville Area Commissi...
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