Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV17-049
APPLICANT: Preferred Living; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance # 0264-2018; Z17-025) to the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District to allow the development of a 72-unit apartment complex. The requested variances will reduce the building setback from 25 feet to 10 feet along Bethel Road and perimeter yard from 25 feet to 10 feet along the south and east all property lines. Staff finds the requested variances to be supportable as they will allow flexibility in the site design while achieving design principles proposed within The Northwest Plan (2016) including interconnected sidewalk systems, expanding greenspace on the site, and structured parking placement along with quality landscaping and buffering materials to minimize visual impacts.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.18, Building lines; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3001 BETHEL ROAD (43220), to permit the development of a 72-unit apartment complex with reduced development standards in the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District (Council Variance # CV17-049).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV17-049, the owner of property at 3001 BETHEL ROAD (43220), is requesting a Council variance to permit the development of a 72-unit apartment complex with reduced development standards in the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.18, Building lines, requires a building setback of no less than 25 feet along Bethel Road, while the applicant proposes a reduced building setback of 10 feet along the frontage; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.255, Perimeter yard, requires a minimum perimeter yard of 25 feet, while the applicant proposes a reduced perimeter yard on the south and east property lines of 10 feet; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval because the variances will allow flexibility in the site design of the multi-unit residential development, while achieving design principles proposed within The Northwest Plan including interconnected sidewalk systems, expanding greenspace on the site, and structured parking placement along with quality landscaping and buffering materials to minimize visual impacts; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and Certificates 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 3001 BETHEL ROAD (43220), 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; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes, is hereby granted for the property located at 3001 BETHEL ROAD (43220), insofar as said sections prohibit a multi-unit residential development with a reduction in building setback from 25 feet and 10 feet along Bethel Road; and a reduced perimeter yard from 25 feet to 10 feet along the south and east property lines; said property being more particularly described as follows:
3001 BETHEL ROAD (43220), being 2.43± acres located on the south side of Bethel Road at the intersection of Hayden Road, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, in Lot No. 1, Quarter Township 2, Township 1 North, Range 19 West, United States Military Lands, and being a portion of a 6.517 acre tract of land conveyed to Paul D. Isaacs, Trustee, by deed of record in Official Record 2794, Page A 01, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning, for reference, at a point in the centerline of Bethel Road and at the northeast corner of said 6.517 acre tract, said point being N 88° 20’ 41” W a distance of 940.71 feet from a point at the intersection of the centerline of Bethel Road with the centerline of Sawmill Road;
thence S 0° 43’ 55” E along a portion of the east line of said 6.517 acre tract a distance of 40.03 feet to a point in the south line of Bethel Road and at the true place of beginning of the tract herein intended to be conveyed;
thence continuing S 0° 43’ 55” E along a portion of the east line of said 6.517 acre tract a distance of 256.97 feet to a point;
thence N 88° 20’ 41” W parallel with the centerline of Bethel Road and crossing a portion of said 6.517 acre tract a distance of 411.99 feet to a point;
thence N 0° 43’ 55” W parallel with the east line of said 6.517 acre tract a distance of 256.97 feet to a point in the south line of Bethel Road;
thence S 88° 20’ 41” E along the south line of Bethel Road and parallel with and 40.00 feet southerly by perpendicular measurement from the centerline of Bethel Road and from the north line of said 6.517 acre tract a distance of 411.99 feet to the true place of beginning;
containing 2.428 acres of land, more or less, and being subject to all easements and restrictions of record.
The above description was prepared by Richard J. Bull, Ohio Surveyor No. 4723, of C.F. Bird & R. J. Bull, Ltd., Consulting Engineers & Surveyors Worthington, Ohio, from a field survey by others in July, 1982.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for a multi-unit residential development as permitted by the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District specified by Ordinance # 0264-2018 (Z17-025).
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the applicant obtaining all applicable permits and Certificates 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.