Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV24-091
APPLICANT: Metro Development LLC; c/o Jeffery L. Brown, Atty. 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215
PROPOSED USE: Apartment complex.
WEST SCIOTO AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #0703-2025; Z24-035) to the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District for an apartment complex containing up to 480 units. The requested Council variance allows reduced building lines, reduced perimeter yard, and increased height of detached garages for a proposed apartment complex. Staff is supportive of the proposal as it will result in an apartment complex development that provides tree preservation areas and design features consistent with Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018).
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.18, Building lines; 3333.255, Perimeter yard; and 3333.35(G), Private garage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1470 N. HAGUE AVE. (43204), to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV24-091).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV24-091, the owner of property at 1470 N. HAGUE AVE. (43204), is requesting a Council variance to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.18, Building lines, requires building lines of 40 feet along North Hague Avenue, while the applicant proposes a reduced building line of 15 feet along the North Hague Avenue frontage for a utility building; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.255, Perimeter yard, requires a 25-foot wide perimeter yard for an apartment complex, while the applicant proposes a reduced perimeter yard of 5 feet for garage buildings along the property line adjacent to the existing railway line; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.35(G), Private garage, restricts the height of a private detached garage building to 15 feet, while the applicant proposes to increase the allowable height to 16 feet; and
WHEREAS, the West Scioto Area Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of the requested variances because they enable the site to be developed with tree preservation and design features that are consistent with C2P2 Design Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and Certificates of Occupancy for the proposed apartment complex; and
WHEREAS, said variance will not seriously affect the surrounding property or surrounding neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the granting of said variance will not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent properties or unreasonably increase the congestion of public streets, or unreasonably diminish or impair established property values within the surrounding area, or otherwise impair the public health, safety, comfort, morals, or welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the granting of said variance will alleviate the difficulties encountered by the owners of the property located at 1470 N. HAGUE AVE. (43204), in using said property as desired; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That a variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.18, Building lines; 3333.255, Perimeter yard; and 3333.35(G), Private garage, of the Columbus City Codes, is hereby granted for the property located at 1470 N. HAGUE AVE. (43204), insofar as said sections prohibit a reduced building line from 40 feet along North Hague Avenue to 15 feet; a reduced perimeter yard from 25 to 5 feet along the property line adjacent to the existing railway line; and an increased private detached garage height from 15 to 16 feet; said property being more particularly described as follows:
1470 N. HAGUE AVE. (43204), being 29.2± acres located on the east side of North Hague Avenue 3,200± feet south of Trabue Road, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, in the City of Columbus and the Township of Franklin, being located in Virginia Military Survey No. 530, and being part of Lots 1, 2, and “C” of the Plat of the Amicable Partition made among the Heirs of Maria M. Trabue recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 15 conveyed as a 25.816 acre (excepting 9.032 acres) tract to Adterra Development, LLC in Instrument Number 202205130073540, part of Lot Number 4 of the Trabue Partition on file in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Complete Record Number 2, Page 583 conveyed as a 2.653 acre tract to Adterra Development, LLC in Instrument Number 202205130073541, and part of Lot Number 4 of the said Trabue Partition conveyed as a 10 acre tract to Adterra Development, LLC in Instrument Number 202205130073547, all records being of the Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly line of said 10 acre tract and the northerly right-of-way line of Hague Avenue (width varies);
Thence along said northerly right-of-way line and across said 10 acre tract and across said 2.653 acre tractNorth 23°51’52” West, 449.24 feet to a point on the northwesterly line of said 2.653 acre tract;
Thence leaving said northerly right-of-way line and along the northwesterly line of said 2.653 acre tract, North 66°13’35” East, 1212.95 feet to the northerly corner of said 2.6553 acre tract, also being on a southwesterly line of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract;
Thence along said southwesterly line of a 25.816 acre tract, North 24°42°52’ West, 754.21 feet to the northwesterly corner of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract;
Thence along the northwesterly line of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract, North 66°00’26” East, 51.26 feet to a point;
Thence along the northeasterly line of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract, South 39°15’36” East, 2541.09 feet to a point;
Thence along the southeasterly line of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract, South 50°47’25” West, 449.21 feet to a point;
Thence along a southwesterly line of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract, North 39°12’37” West, 122.05 feet to a point;
Thence along a northerly line of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract, North 66°09’11” East, 103.32 feet to a point;
Thence along a southwesterly line of said remainder of a 25.816 acre tract, North 39°15’34” West, 1303.25 feet to a point on the easterly corner of said 10 acre tract;
Thence along the southeasterly line of said 10 acre tract, South 65°48’35” West, 1219.50 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 29.17± acres.
This description is based on field surveys performed by E.P. Ferris and Associates in March, 2022 and is intended to be used for zoning purposes only.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for those uses allowed in the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District, specified by Ordinance #0703-2025; Z24-035.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the applicant obtaining all applicable permits and Certificates of Occupancy for the proposed apartment complex.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.