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Council Variance Application: CV13-022
APPLICANT: All A Cart Manufacturing, Inc.; c/o Elizabeth Roach, Atty.; 600 South High Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with an office/industrial building zoned in the M-1, Manufacturing District. The applicant requests a Council variance to allow a small portion of building to be used for a recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space. The site is located within the planning area of the Hamilton Road Corridor/Eastland Area Revitalization Plan (2007) which recommends industrial and warehouse uses for this location. Staff does not object to the proposed recording studio and music rehearsal space as secondary uses to the M-1 District, particularly given the restricted nature of the request in terms of space and location on the parcel. Approval of this request will not introduce an incompatible use to the area. No recommendation is being made regarding the hardship aspect of this request.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3365.01, M-1, Manufacturing district, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 2001 COURTRIGHT ROAD (43232), to permit a recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space in the M-1, Manufacturing District (Council Variance CV13-022).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV13-022, the owner of the property at 2001 COURTRIGHT ROAD (43232), is requesting a Council Variance to permit a recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space in the M-1, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3365.01, M-1 Manufacturing district, prohibits a recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space, while the applicant proposes to convert office and locker room space within an existing office/industrial building into a recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space; and
WHEREAS, City Departments recommend approval because this request will not introduce an incompatible use to the area. Staff does not object to the proposed recording studio and music rehearsal space as secondary uses to the M-1 District, particularly given the restricted nature of the request in terms of space and location on the parcel; and
WHEREAS, said ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and 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 2001 COURTRIGHT ROAD (43232), in using said property as desired; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That a variance is granted from the provisions of Section 3365.01, M-1, Manufacturing district, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 2001 COURTRIGHT ROAD (43232), insofar as said section prohibits a recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space in the M-1, Manufacturing District; said property being more particularly described as follows:
2001 COURTRIGHT ROAD (43232), being 1.77± acres located 242.4± feet east of Courtright Road, and on the south side of Interstate 70, and being more particularly described as follows:
1.768 acres from Parcel # 010-118878
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of County of Franklin, State of Ohio, Half Section 33, Section 20, Township 12, Range 21 and being all out of a 13.137 (parcel 3), conveyed to All A Cart Manufacturing, Inc., of record in Instrument Number 201204030045531, all references to records being on file in the Office of the Recorder, Franklin County, Ohio, said 1.768 acre parcel being more fully described herein;
Beginning for reference at the northeast corner of said 13.137 acre parcel;
Thence S 67°06'12" W with the north line of said 13.137 acre parcel, a distance of 242.41 feet to the True Point of Beginning;
Thence S 22°53'48" E across said 13.137 acre parcel, a distance of 285.00 feet to a point;
Thence S 67°06'12" W across said 13.137 acre parcel, a distance of 140.00 feet to a point on the outside wall of the existing manufacturing building;
Thence N 22°53'48" W with said outside wall and the west wall of a corridor connecting the offices, a distance of 145.00 feet to a point at the northeast corner of said manufacturing build and also being the south wall of the offices of All A Cart Manufacturing, Inc.;
Thence S 67°06'12" W with the north wall of said manufacturing building and south wall of said offices, a distance of 265.00 feet to a point;
Thence N 22°53'48" W with the west wall of said offices and across said 13.137 acre parcel, a distance of 140.00 feet to a point on the north line of said 13.137 acre parcel;
Thence N 67°06'12" E with the north line of said 13.137 acre parcel, a distance of 405.00 feet to the True Point of Beginning, containing 1.768 acres of land, subject to all easements and documents of record.
For the purpose of this description a bearing of S 67°06'12" W was held on the north line of said 13.137 acre parcel as shown in Instrument Number 201204030045531.
This description is based on documents of record. No actual filed survey was performed.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for a recording studio with music rehearsal/performance space, not to exceed 20,621± square feet of interior space. No activities related to the recording studio or music rehearsal/performance space will be conducted outdoors.
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.