Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV26-061
APPLICANT: Mohammad Khalil; 2961 Lake Hollow Road; Hilliard, OH 43026.
PROPOSED USE: Eating and drinking uses.
FAR WEST SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel developed with a veterinary hospital in the M-2, Manufacturing District. The requested Council variance will allow the site to be used for a hookah bar and café in the M-2 District. A Council variance is required because the M-2 district does not allow eating and drinking uses. A variance to reduce required parking from 65 to 40 spaces is also included in the request. The site is located within the planning boundaries of the Columbus Growth Strategy (2026), which recommends “Industrial & Warehouse” land uses at this location. The property is slated to be rezoned to the IL, Industrial Light District with Zone-In, which does allow eating and drinking establishments of any size. Staff support the proposed Council variance because the site is slated for the IL, Industrial Light District with Zone In, and easting and drinking establishment uses are allowed in that district.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3367.01, M-2 manufacturing district; and 3312.49(C), Required parking, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 5230 RENNER RD. (43228), to allow an eating and drinking establishment with reduced parking in the M-2, Manufacturing District (Council Variance #CV26-061).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV26-061, the owner of the property at 5230 RENNER RD. (43228), is requesting a Variance to allow an eating and drinking establishment with reduced parking in the M-2, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3367.01, M-2 manufacturing district, does not allow eating and drinking establishment uses, while the applicant proposes an eating and drinking establishment within the existing 4,830 square foot building, as shown on the submitted site plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.49(C), Required parking, requires one space per 75 square feet of eating and drinking establishment use, or 65 required spaces for a 4.830 square foot eating and drinking establishment, while the applicant will only provide 40 total spaces; and
WHEREAS, the Far West Side Area Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said Council variance because this site is slated to be rezoned to the IL, Industrial Light District with Zone In, which allows eating and drinking establishments of any size; now, therefore:
WHEREAS, said ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and Certificates of Occupancy for the proposed eating and drinking establishment; 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 5230 RENNER RD. (43228), in using said property as desired; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That a variance is hereby granted from the provisions of Sections 3367.01, M-2 manufacturing district; and 3312.49(C), Required parking; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 5230 RENNER RD. (43228), insofar as said sections prohibit an eating and drinking establishment in the M-2, Manufacturing District, with a reduction in the number of parking spaces from 65 required to 40 provided spaces; said property being more particularly described as follows:
5230 RENNER RD. (43228), being 1.00± acres located on the north side of Renner Road 330 feet west of Walcutt Road, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, in Virginia Military Surveys Nos. 7065 and 12486, and being 1.000 acres out of an original 5.1016 acre tract of land conveyed to John R. Garvin and Henry R. Halas by deed of record in Deed Book 3574, Page 406, all references being to the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning, for reference, at a railroad spike found at the intersection of the centerline of Walcutt Road with the centerline of Trabue Road, said railroad spike being S 12° 23' 06" W a distance of 0.70 foot from a point at centerline station 33+50.20 of Relocated Trabue Road (now Renner Road), as shown upon Sheet 3 of 3 of Franklin County Engineer's Office right-of-way plans for Trabue Road Section "A" Part, and said railroad spike also being at the southeast corner of a 1.080 acre tract of land conveyed as Parcel No. 5 to Board of County Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio, for Walcutt Road and Renner Road right-of-way purposes by deed of record in Deed Book 3452, Page 33;
thence N 12° 23' 06" E along the centerline of Walcutt Road and along the east line of said 1.080 acre tract a distance of 285.62 feet to a P.K. Nail set at the northeast corner of said 1.080 acre tract and at the southeast corner of a 0.543 acre tract of land conveyed to David J. and Kathleen R. MacDonald by deed of record in Official Record 32949, Page F 04;
thence S 77° 57' 49" W along a north line of said 1.080 acre tract, along a portion of the south line of said 0.543 acre tract, along a portion of a north line of said original 5.1016 acre tract and along the north line of a 0.0384871 acre tract of land conveyed out of said original 5.1016 acre tract to The City of Columbus, Ohio, for additional Walcutt Road right-of-way purposes by deed of record in Deed Book 3592, Page 14, a distance of 40.03 feet to a 1/4-inch I.D. iron pipe set at the northwest corner of said 0.0384871 acre tract (passing a point at a northwest corner of said 1.080 acre tract, at a northeast corner of said original 5.1016 acre tract and at the northeast corner of said 0.0384871 acre tract at 32.95 feet);
thence S 12° 23' 06" W along the west line of said 0.0384871 acre tract and parallel with and 36.44 feet westerly by perpendicular measurement from the centerline of Walcutt Road a distance of 239.22 feet to a 1/4-inch I.D. iron pipe set in the north right-of-way line of Renner Road, in a north line of said 1.080 acre tract, in a south line of said original 5.1016 acre tract and at the southwest corner of said 0.0384871 acre tract;
thence S 79° 24' 50" W along the north right-of-way line of Renner Road, along a portion of a north line of said 1.080 acre tract and along a portion of a south line of said original 5.1016 acre tract a distance of 73.21 feet to a 3/4-inch I.D. iron pipe found bent and reset at a corner of said 1.080 acre tract and at a corner of said original 5.1016 acre tract, said iron pipe being 40.00 feet left of and radial to the curve to spiral point at centerline station 32+52.98 of Renner Road;
thence westerly along the curved north right-of-way line of Renner Road, along the curved north line of said 1.080 acre tract, along the curved south line of said original 5.1016 acre tract and with a curve to the right, data of which is: radius = 1,392.40 feet and delta = 15° 52' 30" a chord distance of 384.56 feet bearing N 89° 58' 21" W to a 1/4-inch I.D. iron pipe found at a corner of said 1.080 acre tract and at a corner of said original 5.1016 acre tract, said iron pipe being 40.00 feet left of and radial to the spiral to curve point at centerline station 28+56.10 of Renner Road;
thence N 79° 21' 32" W along the north right-of-way line of Renner Road, along a north line of said 1.080 acre tract and along a portion of a south line of said original 5.1016 acre tract a distance of 37.03 feet to a 3/4-inch I.D. iron pipe found at the northwest corner of said 1.080 acre tract, at the southeast corner of a 1.70849 acre tract of land conveyed out of said original 5.1016 acre tract to A & C Properties by deed of record in Official Record 10385, Page H 11, at the northeast corner of a 1.292 acre tract of land conveyed as Parcel No. 4 to Board of County Commissioners, Franklin County, Ohio, for Renner Road right-of-way purposes by deed of record in Deed Book 3452, Page 33, and at the true place of beginning of the tract herein intended to be described;
thence N 3° 00' 37" E along the east line of said 1.70849 acre tract a distance of 248.06 feet to a 3/4-inch I.D. iron pipe set in a north line of said original 5.1016 acre tract, at the northeast corner of said 1.70849 acre tract and in the south line of Lot Number Four (4) in Trabue-Walcutt Industrial Park Section 1, as shown of record in Plat Book 75, Page 37;
thence N 77° 57' 05" E along a portion of a north line of said original 5.1016 acre tract and along a portion of the south line of said Lot No. 4 a distance of 163.33 feet to a 3/4-inch I.D. iron pipe set;
thence S 3° 00' 37" W parallel with and 157.67 feet easterly by perpendicular measurement from the east line of said 1.70849 acre tract a distance of 300.34 feet to a 3/4-inch I.D. iron pipe set in the curved north right-of-way line of Renner Road, in the curved north line of said 1.080 acre tract and in the curved south line of said original 5.1016 acre tract;
thence westerly along a portion of the curved north right-of-way line of Renner Road, along a portion of the curved north line of said 1.080 acre tract, along a portion of the curved south line of said original 5.1016 acre tract and with a curve to the right, data of which is: radius = 1,392.40 feet and sub-delta = 4° 59' 07" a sub-chord distance of 121.12 feet bearing N 84° 39' 25" W to said 3/4-inch I.D. iron pipe found at a corner of said 1.080 acre tract and at a corner of said original 5.1016 acre tract, said iron pipe being 40.00 feet left of and radial to the spiral to curve point at centerline station 28+56.10 of Renner Road;
thence N 79° 21' 32" W along the north right-of-way line of Renner Road, along a north line of said 1.080 acre tract and along a portion of a south line of said original 5.1016 acre tract a distance of 37.03 feet to the true place of beginning;
containing 1.000 acres of land more or less and being subject to all easements and restrictions of record.
The above description was prepared by Ted L. Robinson, Ohio Surveyor No. 5361, of C.F. Bird & R.J. Bull, Inc., Consulting Engineers & Surveyors, Columbus, Ohio, from an actual field survey performed under his supervision in November 2001. Basis of bearings is a north right-of-way line of Renner Road, being S 79° 24' 50" W, as shown upon Sheet 3 of 3 of said Franklin County Engineer's Office right-of-way plans for Trabue Road Section "A" Part.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for an eating and drinking establishment in accordance with the submitted site plan, or those uses permitted in the M-2, Manufacturing District.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the subject site being developed in general conformance with the site plan titled, "PRELIMINARY ZONING PLAN," dated September 15, 2026, and signed by Hussein Wajdi, Engineer 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 Certificates of Occupancy for the proposed eating and drinking establishment.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.