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Council Variance Application: CV25-134
APPLICANT: FACCES at Starting Point; c/o Jeffery L. Brown, Atty.; 172 East State Street, Suite 550; Columbus, OH 43215
PROPOSED USE: Accessory storage.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel developed with a charitable organization in the C-2, Commercial District. The requested Council variance will allow three 8 feet by 40 feet shipping containers to be used for accessory storage at the rear of the site. A Council variance is required because storage is not an allowed use in the C-2 district. The site is located within the boundaries of the Columbus Growth Strategy (2026), which recommends “Mixed Use 2” land uses at this location. Staff supports the requested use as it is accessory to and will support the mission of the charitable organization, is located near the rear of the property, is not visible from the public street, and does not introduce an incompatible use to the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3353.03, Permitted Uses, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 2515 LOCKBOURNE RD. (43207), to allow accessory storage in the C-2, Commercial District (Council Variance #CV25-134).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV25-134, the owner of the property at 2515 LOCKBOURNE RD. (43207), is requesting a Council variance to allow accessory storage in the C-2, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3353.03, Permitted uses, prohibits storage, while the applicant proposes three 8 by 40 foot shipping containers for accessory storage, as shown on the site plan; and
WHEREAS, the Far South Columbus Area Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval because the requested storage use is accessory to the established charitable prganization, and does not introduce an incompatible use to the area; and
WHEREAS, said ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed use; 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 2515 LOCKBOURNE RD. (43207), 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 3353.03, Permitted uses, of the Columbus City Codes; is hereby granted for the property located at 2515 LOCKBOURNE RD. (43207), insofar as said sections prohibit storage containers for accessory storage in the C-2, Commercial District; said property being more particularly described as follows:
2515 LOCKBOURNE RD. (43207), being 4.05± acres located on the west side of Lockbourne Road, 270± feet north of Koebel Road, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin and in the Township of Marion and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lot Number One (1) of Christian Mueller’s Subdivision of part of Lot Number Seven (7) of the Partition of lands of Hugh McIllinny, deceased, as the said Lot 1 is delineated and numbered upon the plat of said Subdivision, of record in Plat Book No. 10, Page 149, in the Office of the Recorder of Franklin County, Ohio, and containing 4.38 acres of land, and being the same premises conveyed to Charles Mueller by Christian Mueller by deed and record in D.B. 545, Page 506, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM Parcel No. 72WD as conveyed by Instrument Number 20075020076248, situated in the City of Columbus, County of Franklin, State of Ohio and being part of the northeast quarter of Section 3, Township 4, Range 22, Congress Lands, and being part of a 4.38 acre parcel owned by Southfield Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses as recorded in Official Record 06504-A03. Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
Being a parcel of land lying on the left side of the proposed centerline of construction of Lockbourne Road as shown in plans for Lockbourne Road, C.I.P. 937, and being located within the following described points in the boundary thereof:
Beginning at the Grantor’s Southeast property corner also being the Southeast corner of Lot 1 of Christian Mueller’s Lockbourne Road Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 149 and being on the centerline of Lockbourne Road and being 10.88 feet right of station 32+67.56 of the proposed centerline of construction of Lockbourne Road, and being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING of the parcel herein described;
Thence along the Grantor’s Southerly property line, North 86 degrees 45 minutes 09 seconds West, a distance of 42.50 feet to a point on the proposed right of way line and being 31.63 feet left of station 32+67.22 of the proposed centerline of construction of Lockbourne Road;
Thence along the proposed right of way line, North 03 degrees 53 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance of 287.00 feet to an iron pin set on the Grantor’s Northerly property line and North line of said Lot 1 and being 30.70 feet left of station 35+54.22 of the proposed centerline of construction of Lockbourne Road;
Thence along the Grantor’s Northerly property line, South 86 degrees 45 minutes 09 seconds East, a distance of 42.50 feet, passing an iron pin found at 20.42 feet, to a point on the Grantor’s Easterly property line and the centerline of Lockbourne Road and at the Northeast corner of said Lot 1 and being 11.81 feet left of station 3S+54.S6 of the proposed centerline of construction of Lockbourne Road;
Thence along the Grantor’s Easterly property line and centerline of Lockbourne Road, South 03 degrees 53 minutes 29 seconds West, a distance of 287.00 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 0.28 acres, more or less.
The above take is from Auditor’s Parcel Number 010-112422, which contains 4.38 acres, which present road occupies (P.R.O.) 0.148 acres more or less.
The Grantor reserves the right of ingress and egress to and from the residential area.
The above description was prepared from a survey conducted by Korda/Nemeth Engineering Inc. under the direction of Michael D. Weeks, Profession Surveyor No. 7357.
Monuments referred to as iron pins set will be 5/8” inch diameter x 30 inch long capped iron bars set upon construction completion.
The bearings used herein are based on a Centerline Survey Plat of Lockbourne Road by the Franklin County Engineer’s Office dated 10/2023, which was based on the Ohio State Plane Coordinate System, South Zone, NAD 83, (1986). As Established from a GPS survey performed by the Franklin County Engineer’s Survey Department in 1991. Occupying Monuments “FCGS 8819” and “FCGS 8820”.
Original Lockbourne Road right of way width is referenced from Road Record 7, Page 405, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio.
Address: 2515 Lockbourne Road, Columbus, OH 43207
Parcel Number: 010-112422
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for the proposed use, in accordance with the submitted site plan, or those uses allowed in the C-2, Commercial District.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the subject site being developed in general conformance with the site plan titled, "SITE DIMENSION PLAN," dated March 13, 2026, and signed by Jeffery L. Brown, 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 use.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.