Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV17-051
APPLICANT: SPS Hospitality, LLC; c/o Sanjay K. Bhatt, Atty.; 2935 Kenny Road, Suite 225; Columbus, OH 43221.
PROPOSED USE: Shared living facility or hotel/motel.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned in the C-3, Commercial District and is developed with a non-conforming hotel. The requested Council variance will conform the hotel use and permit the property to be used alternatively as a shared living facility. A variance is included in the request to reduce the minimum number of required parking spaces from 80 to 75 to conform existing parking conditions. Furthermore, the Northland I Area Plan (2014) recommends “Regional Mixed Use” for this site which would support an institutional residential use as proposed.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3355.03, C-3 Permitted uses; and 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1111 MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE (43229), to permit a shared living facility or a hotel/motel with a reduction to the required number of parking spaces in the C-3, Commercial District (Council Variance # CV17-051).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV17-051, the owner of property at 1111 MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE (43229), is requesting a Council variance to permit a shared living facility or a hotel/motel with a reduction to the required number of parking spaces in the C-3, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3355.03, C-3 permitted uses, does not permit a shared living facility or hotel/motel, while the applicant proposes a shared living facility or to continue the use of a hotel/motel; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.49(B), Minimum number of parking spaces required, requires 1 parking space per 400 square feet for a shared living facility, a total of 80 parking spaces, while the applicant proposes to maintain 75 parking spaces as currently developed on the site; and
WHEREAS, City Departments recommend approval because a shared living facility or a hotel/motel development is appropriate for the site and area. Furthermore, the Northland I Area Plan recommends “Regional Mixed Use” for this site which would support an institutional residential use as proposed; and
WHEREAS, said ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed use; and
WHEREAS, said variance will not adversely 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 1111 MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE (43229), in using said property as desired; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That variances from the provisions of Sections 3355.03, C-3 permitted uses; and 3312.49(B) Minimum number of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes, are hereby granted for the property located at 1111 MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE (43229), insofar as said sections prohibit a shared living facility or a hotel/motel in the C-3, Commercial District; with a parking space reduction from 80 required parking spaces to 75 spaces; said property being more particularly described as follows:
1111 MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE (43229), being 1.33± acres located at the southwest corner of Mediterranean Avenue and Zumstein Drive, and being more particularly described as follows:
SITUATED IN THE STATE OF OHIO, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, CITY OF COLUMBUS, BEING A PART OF QUARTTER TOWNSHIP 4, TOWNSHIP 2, RANGER 18, UNITED STATES MILITARY LANDS, BEING A 1.332 ACRES TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THAT ORIGINAL 30 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO ROBER C. ZUNSTEIN, OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 1430, PAGE 3 (ALL REFERENCES HEREIN BEING TO THE RECORDS LOCATED IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO), SAID 1.332 ACRE TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN IN THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID ORIGINAL 30 ACRE TRACT, IN THE EASTERLY LINE OF THAT 4 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO COUNTRY INNS INTERNATIONAL, OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 3291, PAGE 145, AND AT THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNERS OF THAT ORIGINAL 1.243 ACRES TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO ROBERT C. ZUMSTEIN OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 3704, PAGE 171;
THENCE NORTH 2 DEG. 42’ 05” EAST, ALONG SAID WESTERLY AND EASTERLY LINES AND ALONG A PORTION OF THE EASTERLY LINE OF THAT 56.964 ACRE TRACT OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED TO THE CONTINENT DB 326, PAGE 128, OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 3645, PAGE 653, A DISTANCE OF 176.89 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE, 60 FEET IN WIDTH, AS DELINEATED UPON THE PLAT “DEDICATION OF MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE, ZUMSTEIN DRIVE AND EASEMENT”, OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 60, PAGE 91,
THENCE SOUTH 87 DEG. 16’ 03” EAST, ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 130.42 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE;
THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE WITH THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 255.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 30 DEG. 32’ 10”, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 77 DEG. 27’ 52” EAST, A CHORD DISTANCE OF 134.30 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATUR;
THENCE WITH THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 35.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 102 DEG. 02’ 29”, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS SOUTH 66 DEG. 46’ 53” EAST, A CHORD DISTANCE OF 54.42 FEET TO A POINT OF COMPUND CURVATION IN THE WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ZUMSTEIN DRIVE, 30 FEET IN WIDTH, AS DELINEATED UPON SAID PLAT “DEDICATION OF MEDITERRANEAN AVENUE, ZUMSTEIN DRIVE AND EASTEMENTS”;
THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE WITH THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 110.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 24 DEG. 37’ 33’, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS SOUTH 3 DEG. 26’ 58” EAST, A CHORD DISTANCE OF 46.92 FEET TO THE POINT OF TANGENCY;
THENCE SOUTH 8 DEG. 51’49” WEST, CONTINUING ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 147.25 FEET TO A POINT IN THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ORIGINAL 1.243 ACRE TRACT;
THENCE NORTH 87 DEG. 17’ 55” WEST, ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 300.18 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 1.332 ACRES OF LAND.
THE BEARING USED HEREIN CONFORM TO THE REFERENCED PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT BOOK 60, PAGE 91.
Parcel # 010-200010
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for a shared living facility or a hotel/motel, or those uses permitted in the C-3, Commercial District.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the applicant obtaining all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed use.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.