Explanation
AMENDMENT: CV97-059B
Ordinance #839-99, passed on April 19, 1999 (CV97-059A), amended Ordinance #178-98, passed on February 9, 1998 (CV97-059). The council variance specified a range of unit sizes with 64% of the units having less than 900 square feet of floor area, 33% of the units having floor area between 900-1200 square feet and 3% of the units having more than 1200 square feet. Forty-four of the units, which were planned as 1,199 square foot units, had 28 square feet of bay windows included, so that the units exceeded 1,200 square feet. This increased the percentage of units exceeding 1,200 square feet to more than 3%, which was inconsistent with the requirements of the adopted ordinance. This ordinance will change the ranges of unit sizes to accommodate the increase in size of 44 units due to the inclusion of the 28 square foot bay windows. The ordinance will adjust the middle range to allow units of 900 through 1,230 square feet, currently 900 square feet is not a permitted unit size in any of the ranges. The ordinance also increases the minimum square footage for 3% of units to more than 1,230.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
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To amend Ordinance #839-99, passed on April 19, 1999 (CV97-059A), for the property located at 850 WEST FIFTH AVENUE (43212), by amending Section 4 to modify the allowable range of apartment sizes. (CV97-059B)
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WHEREAS, Ordinance #178-98, passed on February 9, 1998 (CV97-059), allowed the construction of a maximum of 515 dwelling units with reduced development standards at 850 WEST FIFTH AVENUE (43212) in an M, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance #839-99, passed on April 19, 1999 (CV97-059A), amended Ordinance #178-98 by allowing the construction of 480 dwelling units with reduced development standards at 850 WEST FIFTH AVENUE (43212) in an M, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance will amend Ordinance # 839-99 by revising the ranges of unit sizes to account for the bay windows included with 44 of the units; and
WHEREAS, all other development standards and commitments contained in Ordinance #839-99 are unchanged by this ordinance and will remain in effect, now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the existing Section 4 of Ordinance #839-99, passed on April 19, 1999 (CV97-059A), be hereby repealed and replaced with a new Section 4 reading as follows:
SECTION 4. That conceptually the proposed residential project follow a development plan which includes eight apartment buildings (six free standing apartment buildings and two apartment buildings with attached four-story parking garages) consisting of units having the following floor areas: 64% less than 900 square feet; 33% between 900-1200 square feet 900 square feet or larger up to and including 1230 square feet; 3% greater than 1200 1,230 square feet gross floor area per unit; minimum 25 foot building setbacks along existing public streets; and except for six spaces setback at 10 feet along West Fifth Avenue with a landscaping as shown in the buffer plan titled Landscape Buffer, dated 3/8/99 and initialed HRB, the parking set back be reduced to 20 feet from the public right-of-ways; building setback lines (except dumpsters which may be at a 0 foot setback from either side yard) shall be established at a 20 foot setback from the east property line; and parking lot screening to a minimum six foot height from industrial sites to the east and west.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.