Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV17-086
APPLICANT: Teresa L. Kelly; 3680 Spangler Road; Columbus, OH 43207.
PROPOSED USE: To conform an existing single-unit dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested variance will conform an existing single-unit dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District. A Council variance is necessary because single-unit dwellings are prohibited in the M, Manufacturing District. The dwelling has been long established on this lot and is consistent with the residential uses that are prevalent in the surrounding neighborhood. Upon annexation, most of the properties that were zoned in 1963 as part of this M, Manufacturing District are still being used as single-unit dwellings. This is the fifth such Council Variance in the past several years to conform dwellings in the M, Manufacturing District in this neighborhood. A hardship exists because the non-conforming nature of the site precludes financing options. Approval of this request will not add a new or incompatible use to the area.
Emergency Justification: A change in zoning type in order to sell the estate of the previous owner.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3363.01, M, Manufacturing District, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 3310 LOCKBOURNE ROAD (43207), to conform an existing single-unit dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District (Council Variance # CV17-086) and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, by application # CV17-086, the owner of property at 3310 LOCKBOURNE ROAD (43207), is requesting a Council variance to permit an existing single-unit dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3363.01, M, Manufacturing District, prohibits single-unit dwelling use, while the applicant proposes to make an existing single-unit dwelling a conforming use on the property; and
WHEREAS, the Far South Columbus Area Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, City Departments recommend approval because this request will not add a new or incompatible use to the area. The requested variance will conform an existing single-unit dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District, which has been long established on this lot and is consistent with the residential uses that are prevalent in the surrounding neighborhood; 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 3310 LOCKBOURNE ROAD (43207), in using said property as desired; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation in the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ordinance to sell the estate of the previous owner; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That a variance from the provisions of Section 3363.01, M, Manufacturing District, of the Columbus City Codes, is hereby granted for the property located at 3310 LOCKBOURNE ROAD (43207), insofar that said section prohibits a single-unit dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District; said property being more particularly described as follows:
3310 LOCKBOURNE ROAD (43207), being 0.89± acres located on the east side of Lockbourne Road, 500± north of Williams Road, and being more particularly described as follows:
Being a part of the Southwest Quarter of Section II, Township 4, Range 22, Congress Lands, and being Tract Number Nine (9) of the unrecorded plat of Carl D. and Margaret M. McCloud of the subdivision of 7 acres conveyed to them by Stella M. Roshon by deed and recorded in Deed Book 1609, page 140, the said tract being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the center of Lockbourne Road 511.55 feet north of a stone in the intersection of the center lines of said Lockbourne Road and Williams Road, said stone being the southwest corner of said Section II; thence with the center line of the said Lockbourne Road North 4 deg. 45' East 75 feet to an iron pipe in the center of the said Lockbourne Road; thence with a line parallel to the said Williams Road South 85 deg. 05' East 519 feet to an iron pin; thence with a line parallel to the said Lockbourne Road South 4 deg. 45' West 75 feet; thence parallel to the said Williams Road North 85 deg. 05' West 519.12 feet to the place of beginning, containing 0.894 acres, more or less, and subject to public highways and easements of record.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for a single-unit dwelling, or those uses permitted in the M, Manufacturing District.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned upon compliance with R-3, Residential District standards for any additions to the existing structures, the construction of any accessory structures, or the reconstruction of any structures.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or 10 days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.