Explanation
Council variance Application: CV14-045
APPLICANT: Benjie Lewis, c/o Jackson B. Reynolds III, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: To conform an existing four-unit dwelling and to construct a two-unit dwelling (carriage house) on the same lot.
VICTORIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned R-4, Residential District, and developed with a large residential structure that is currently being used as a four-unit dwelling. The requested Council variance will permit the development of an additional two-unit dwelling (carriage house) on the same lot. Other variances are included for maneuvering, stacked parking, increased lot coverage, and fronting on a public street with reductions to vision clearance, lot width, lot area, building lines, side yard, rear yard, and required parking for six spaces. A Council variance is necessary because the R-4, Residential District permits a maximum of four dwelling units in one building, and does not permit two residential buildings on one lot. Staff finds that the proposal is not incompatible with the area as there are other carriage houses and multi-unit residential uses within this community. The request is consistent with the recent development pattern in historic urban neighborhoods, and building design will conform to the Victorian Village Commission requirements.
Title
To grant a variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, Residential district; 3312.13, Driveway; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.29, Parking space; 3312.49, Minimum number of parking spaces required; 3321.05, Vision clearance; 3332.05, Area district lot width requirements; 3332.15, Area district requirements; 3332.18(D), Basis of computing area; 3332.19, Fronting; 3332.25, Maximum side yards required; 3332.26, Minimum side yard permitted; and 3332.27, Rear yard, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 607 D...
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