Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV12-017
APPLICANT: Kelly J. McClellan; 8045 Pickerington Road; Canal Winchester, OH 43110.
PROPOSED USE: To conform an existing three-unit dwelling in the R-2F, Residential District.
COLUMBUS SOUTHSIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant is applying for a Council variance to bring an existing three-unit dwelling into zoning conformance. The site is zoned in the R-2F, Residential District which permits single- and two-unit dwellings. The City of Columbus rezoned the property to the R-2F, Residential District in 2000 as part of an area rezoning. The proposal is consistent with the recommendations of the South Side Plan -Merion Village and Schumacher Place Amendment (2008). Staff supports the proposed Council variance which would allow a three-unit dwelling to be rebuilt if the building burnt because a three-unit dwelling is a consistent use in the area. Furthermore, the applicant has enough Code required parking spaces and the applicant has agreed that any reconstructed building will be no larger than the footprint of the existing building.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3332.037, R-2F, Residential District, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 358-362 EAST KOSSUTH STREET (43206), to permit an existing three-unit dwelling in the R-2F, Residential District. (Council Variance # CV12-017).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV12-017, the owner of property at 358-362 EAST KOSSUTH STREET (43206), is requesting a Council variance to bring an existing three-unit dwelling into zoning conformance in the R-2F, Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.037, R-2F, Residential District Use, permits one single-family or one two-family dwelling on a lot, while the applicant proposes to allow one existing three-unit dwelling on one lot; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Southside Area Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, City Departments recommend approval because a three-unit dwelling is a consistent use in the area. Furthermore, the applicant has enough Code required parking spaces and the applicant has agreed that any reconstructed building will be no larger than the footprint of the existing building; and
WHEREAS, said ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and Certificate of Zoning Clearance for the proposed use; 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 358-362 EAST KOSSUTH STREET (43206), in using said property as desired and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. Variances from the provisions of Section 3332.037, R-2F, Residential District; of the Columbus City Codes are hereby granted for the property located at 358-362 EAST KOSSUTH STREET (43206), insofar as said section prohibits a three-unit dwelling, and with said property being more particularly described as follows:
358-362 EAST KOSSUTH STREET (43206), being 0.012± acres located on the north side of East Kossuth Street, 74± feet west of Bruck Street, and being more particularly described as follows:
Legal Description of 358-362 E Kossuth St., Columbus, Ohio 43206
Situated in the County of Franklin, in the State of Ohio and in the City of Columbus:
Being Lot No. 200 of Blesch and Kremer's Subdivision, as the same is numbered and delineated upon the recorded plat hereof, of record in Plat Book 4, Page 24, 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 three unit dwelling or those uses permitted in the R-2F, Residential District.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on general compliance with drawings titled, "EXHIBIT A," signed by Kelly J. McClellan, applicant, and dated June 7, 2012.
SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.