Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV16-064
APPLICANT: Malcolm Cochran; 918 Mount Pleasant Avenue; Columbus, OH 43201.
PROPOSED USE: Two apartment units within a mixed use manufacturing/commercial building.
MILO-GROGAN AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested Council variance will permit the majority of a structure in the M, Manufacturing District to be converted into a residence and artist studio for the primary occupant. Two other portions within the structure will be utilized for an additional residence and an office area for potential tenants. The site is subject to the Milo-Grogan Urban Commercial Overlay and is within the planning area of the Milo-Grogan Neighborhood Plan (2007), which recommends light industrial uses for this location. The nature of the request as a live/work mix of uses that includes the fabrication of art on site is generally consistent with a light industrial recommendation. In addition, the City of Columbus Zoning Code contains no district allowing a mixture of residential and commercial uses on the ground floor, making a Council variance the only venue the applicant has to pursue such a project.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3363.01, M-manufacturing district, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 420 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43201), to permit two apartment units within a mixed use manufacturing/commercial building in the M, Manufacturing District (Council Variance #CV16-064).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV16-064, the owner of property at 420 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43201), is requesting a Council Variance to permit apartment units in conjunction with an art studio and office in the M, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3363.01, M-manufacturing district, prohibits apartment uses, while the applicant proposes two...
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