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Council Variance Application: CV25-056
APPLICANT: Blue Chip Homes QOZB, LLC c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; Columbus, OH 43215; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Two-unit dwelling.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one undeveloped parcel in the R-3, Residential District. The requested Council Variance will allow the site to be developed with a two-unit dwelling. A Council variance is required because the R-3 district only allows single-unit dwellings as a primary residential land use. Variances to required parking and lot width are also included in this request. The site is within the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which does not reference a recommended land use for this location, but includes recommendations that new housing be consistent with the housing types, density, and development pattern of the neighborhood. City staff supports the requested variance as the proposal is consistent with the housing types and density along Bryden Road. Additionally, the site is within the Bryden Road Historic District, and is subject to review by the Historic Resources Commission for final building design.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.035, R-3 residential district; 3312.49(C), Required parking; and 3332.05(A)(4), Area district lot width requirements, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1371 BRYDEN RD. (43205), to allow a two-unit dwelling with reduced development standards in the R-3, Residential District (Council Variance #CV25-056).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV25-056, the owner of the property at 1371 BRYDEN RD. (43205), is requesting a Council variance to allow a two-unit dwelling with reduced development standards in the R-3, Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.035, R-3 residential district, only allows single-unit dwellings as the primary residential use, while the applicant proposes a two-unit dwelling; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.49(C), Required parking, requires two parking spaces per dwelling unit for a total of four required parking spaces, while the applicant proposes three total parking spaces; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.05(A)(4), Area district lot width requirements, requires a minimum lot width of 50 feet in the R-3, Residential District, while the applicant proposes to maintain a reduced lot width of 37.8 feet; and
WHEREAS, the Near East Area Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, the Historic Resources Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval because the request will allow residential development that is consistent with the housing types, density and development pattern found along Bryden Road; and
WHEREAS, said ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed two-unit dwelling; and
WHEREAS, said variances will not adversely affect the surrounding property or surrounding neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the granting of said variances will not impair an adequate supply of light and air to the adjacent property, unreasonably increase the congestion of public streets, increase the danger of fires, endanger the public safety, unreasonably diminish or impair established property values within the surrounding area, or in any other respect 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 owner of the property located at 1371 BRYDEN RD. (43205), 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 3332.035, R-3 residential district; 3312.49(C), Required parking; and 3332.05(A)(4), Area district lot width requirements, of the Columbus City Codes; is hereby granted for the property located at 1371 BRYDEN RD. (43205), insofar as said sections prohibit a two-unit dwelling in the R-3, Residential District, with reduced parking from four spaces to three spaces; and a reduced lot width from 50 feet to 37.8 feet; said property being more particularly described as follows:
1371 BRYDEN RD. (43205), being 0.13± acres located on the south side of Bryden Road; 280± feet east of Kendall Place, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin and State of Ohio:
Being Lot Numbered Four (4) of RANDALL AND SMYTHE’S SUBDIVISION, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 51, Recorder’s Office, 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 two-unit dwelling, in accordance with the submitted site plan, or those uses allowed in the R-3, Residential District.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the subject site being developed in general conformance with the site plan titled, "SITE PLAN," dated August 28, 2025, and signed by David B. Perry, Agent for the Applicant, and Donald Plank, Attorney for the Applicant. The plan may be slightly adjusted to reflect engineering, topographical, or other site data developed at the time of the development and when engineering and architectural drawings are completed. Any slight adjustments to the plan shall be subject to review and approval by the Director of the Department Building and Zoning Services, or a designee, upon submission of the appropriate data regarding the proposed adjustment.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance is further conditioned upon the applicant obtaining all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed two-unit dwelling.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.