Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV18-108
APPLICANT: Blue Ring Holdings, LLC; c/o William Westbrook, Agent; 2722 Nottingham Road; Columbus, OH 43221.
PROPOSED USE: Contractor’s storage yard and parking.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel zoned in the R, Rural District which was developed with a contractor’s storage yard and parking lot without obtaining permits or a Certificate of Zoning Clearance. The use is associated with a landscaping and construction business located directly east of the site in Sharon Township. The property is subject to a zoning code violation and the requested Council variance will enable the applicant to apply for the necessary approvals to legitimize the site development. Variances for required surface and outdoor storage setbacks from residential districts are included in the request. The site is within the boundaries of the Northland I Area Plan (2014), which recommends “Neighborhood Commercial” land uses at this location. Staff is supportive of the use given the removal of the existing curb-cut to Community Park Drive, adherence to screening of open storage areas, submission of a site plan, and conditions that no dwelling unit will be permitted while the site is used for a contractor’s storage yard and parking lot, and that a rezoning application to an appropriate zoning district will be required should the adjacent parcel to the east containing the landscaping and construction business be annexed into the City of Columbus.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.02, R, rural district; 3312.43, Required surface for parking; and 3363.41(A), Storage, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 1431 COMMUNITY PARK DRIVE (43229), to permit contractor’s storage yard and parking lot with reduced development standards in the R, Rural District (Council Variance #CV18-1...
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