Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV19-086
APPLICANT: Matthew Schirtzinger; c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Automotive repair facility.
COLUMBUS SOUTH SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning request to the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (Ordinance #0835-2020; Z19-066) to allow commercial uses within an existing warehouse building. Variances are requested to reduce the aisle width and parking and building setbacks for a proposed automotive repair facility. Staff finds the requested variances to be supportable because the site is being designed in a manner that mitigates its impact on nearby lower density residential uses in the form of landscaping and screening as depicted on the attached site plan.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.09, Aisle; 3312.17, Parking Setback Line; and 3356.11, C-4 district setback lines, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 80 HOSACK ST. (43207), to permit reduced development standards for an automotive repair facility in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (Council Variance #CV19-086).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV19-086, the owner of property at 80 HOSACK ST. (43207), is requesting a Council variance to permit an automotive repair facility with reduced development standards in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.09, Aisle, requires aisle width and maneuvering to be 13 feet for parallel parking spaces, while the applicant proposes a reduced aisle width of 7.6 feet; and
WHEREAS, 3312.17, Parking setback line, requires a minimum parking setback line of 10 feet regardless of permitted calculated building setback, while applicant proposes a parking setback of 7.69± feet from South Fourth Street; and
WHEREAS, Section 3356.11, C-4 district setback lines, requires buildings to have a setback of 25 feet, while the applicant proposes a setback of 9.95 feet from Hosack Street and 10.29 feet from Bucher Street; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus South Side Area Commission recommends approval of said zoning change; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval because the requested variances will allow a commercial development with desirable site design elements which mitigate its impact on nearby lower density residential; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and Certificates of Occupancy for the proposed development; 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 80 HOSACK ST. (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 3312.09, Aisle; 3312.17, Parking setback line; and 3356.11, C-4 district setback lines, of the Columbus City Codes, is hereby granted for the property located at 80 HOSACK ST. (43207), insofar as said sections prohibit a reduced aisle width from 13 feet to 7.6 feet; a reduced parking setback from 10 feet to 7.69 feet; and a reduced building setback from 25 feet to 9.95 feet along Hosack Street and 10.29 feet along Bucher Street for a proposed automotive repair facility; said property being more particularly described as follows:
80 HOSACK ST. (43207), being 0.29± acres located on the north side of Hosack Street, 540± feet east of South High Street, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, and in the City of Columbus and bounded and described as follows:
Being Lots Numbers Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13) of WOLF AND KARCH’S SUBDIVISION, as the same are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, page 30, Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, EXCEPT a certain part of Lot 12, which is conveyed by Elizabeth B. Seaborn to the City of Columbus, Ohio, for use as a public highway on September 28, 1904, as of Deed Book 396, page 513, and which is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is the northwest corner of said Lot 12; thence easterly along the north line of said Lot 12, 23.40 feet; thence south on a line which if produced would intersect the south line of said Lot 12 at a point in the south line of said Lot 12; 24 feet east of the southwest corner of said Lot 12; thence westerly in said south line 24 feet to the southwest corner of said Lot 12; thence north along the west line of said Lot 12, 110.95 feet to the northwest corner of said Lot, being the place of beginning.
Being Lots Numbered Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15) in WOLF AND KARCH’S SUBDIVISION of a part of the Hosack Farm in Half Section 43, Township 51, Range 22, Refugee Land, being an addition in subdivision of lands in said City of Columbus as the same are numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat thereof, of record in Plat Book 4, page 30, 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 an automotive repair facility, or those uses permitted in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District, in accordance with Ordinance #0835-2020 (Z19-066).
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the Subject Site being developed in general conformance with the site plan titled, "HOSACK STREET RE-ZONING," dated March 13, 2020, and signed by Craig Moncrief, 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 of 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 on the applicant obtaining all applicable permits and Certificates of Occupancy for the proposed development.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.