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Council Variance Application: CV04-013
APPLICANT: Preston Ford; c/o Tri-State Renovations, Inc.; 195 Thurman Avenue, Suite 300; Columbus, Ohio 43206.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-family development.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The Applicant wishes to convert an existing 14-unit multi-family apartment dwelling to a 7-unit condominium multi-family dwelling. A Council variance is necessary in that the R-3, Residential District does not permit multi-family uses. The applicant also requests a parking variance to provide two four fewer parking spaces than the fourteen required.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.035, R-3, Residential District, 3342.28,(A)(5), Minimum number of parking spaces required of Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 166 SOUTH EIGHTEENTH STREET (43205), to permit a seven (7) unit dwelling in the R-3, Residential District with reduced development standards.
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV04-013, the owner of property at 166 SOUTH EIGHTEENTH STREET (43205), is requesting a Council Variance to permit a multi-family dwelling in the R-3, Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.035, R-3, Residential District, prohibits multi-family use, while the applicant proposes to convert an existing 14 unit multi-family apartment dwelling to a 7-unit condominium multi-family dwelling; and
WHEREAS, Section 3342.28(A)(5), Minimum number of parking spaces required, would require two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit for multi-family with three (3) or more dwelling units for a total requirement of fourteen (14) spaces, while the applicant proposes to provide twelve (12) ten (10) parking spaces; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Near East Area Commission recommends approval; 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, 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 alleviate the difficulties encountered by the owners of the property located at 166 SOUTH EIGHTEENTH STREET (43205), 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 3332.035, R-3, Residential District and 3342.28(A)(5), Minimum number of parking spaces required of Columbus City Codes are hereby granted for the property located at 166 SOUTH EIGHTEENTH STREET (43205), insofar as said sections prohibit multi-family dwelling uses, by varying the district's permitted use to allow multi-family dwellings in the R-3 Residential District in an existing building, with parking reduced from fourteen (14) required spaces to twelve (12) ten (10) spaces, said property being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio and in the City of Columbus:
Being 105 feet off the West end of Lots Nos. 47, 48 and 49 of GEORGE M. PARSON'S SUBDIVISION of parts of Lots Nos. 4. 5 and 6 of James Bryden and others Subdivision of Half Section No. 24, Township No. 5, Range No. 22, Refugee Lands, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 3, Page 348, Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio; This said subdivision being GEORGE M. PARSONS' THIRD TOWN STREET ADDITION TO THE City of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
Section 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for a seven (7) unit multi-family dwelling, or those uses permitted in the R-3, Residential 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.