Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV21-116
APPLICANT: Educational Solutions Company; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Educational facility.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of a single parcel developed with an office building in the M-2, Manufacturing District. The requested Council variance will permit the applicant to repurpose the existing building for an educational facility planned for a charter high school. A Council variance is necessary because the M-2 district does not permit educational facility uses. The site is within the planning area of the Northland I Area Plan (2014), which recommends “Office” uses at this location. Staff finds the proposed use compatible with the existing building and parking configuration on site and is compatible with the adjacent business uses on Corporate Drive.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3367.01, M-2, Manufacturing district, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3592 CORPORATE DR. (43231), to permit an education facility in the M-2, Manufacturing District (Council Variance #CV21-116) and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, by application #CV21-116, the owner of the property at 3592 CORPORATE DR. (43231), is requesting a Council variance to permit an education facility in the M-2, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3367.01, M-2 manufacturing district, prohibits educational facilities, while the applicant proposes to repurpose the existing building on site as an educational facility; and
WHEREAS, City Departments recommend approval because the proposed educational facility is compatible with the existing building and parking configuration on site and is consistent with the adjacent business uses on Corporate Drive; and
WHEREAS, said ordinance requires separate submission for all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy 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 3592 CORPORATE DR. (43231), 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 begin renovations as soon as possible per Jeffrey L. Brown, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; now therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That a variance from the provisions of Section 3367.01, M-2, Manufacturing district, of the Columbus City Codes, is hereby granted for the property located at 3592 CORPORATE DR. (43231), insofar as said section prohibits educational facilities in the M-2, Manufacturing District, said property being more particularly described as follows:
3592 CORPORATE DR. (43231), being 3.53± acres located on the north side of Corporate Drive, 1,100± feet east of Westerville Road, and being more particularly described as follows:
Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, City of Columbus, being part of Lot Numbers 4 and 5 of the Subdivision of the Third Quarter of Township 2, Range17, United State Military Land and being a part of Lot Number 1 as delineated on the record plat of Northeast Business Campus of record in Plat Book 57, Page 42, records of the Recorder’s Office, Franklin County, Ohio, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the Northerly line of Corporate Drive (60 feet in width) with the Westerly line of said Lot Number 1, said point also being in the Easterly right-of-way line of approach road for the New State Route No. 161 as shown on State of Ohio Right-of-Way Plan No. FRA-161-13.45 of record in Plat Book 43, Page 45;
Thence the following Two (2) courses and distances along the Westerly line of said Lot No. 1 and Easterly Right-of-Way line:
1). Thence North 0 degrees 59’ 09” East, a distance of 29.81 feet, to an angle point;
2). Thence North 62 degrees 00’ 51” West, a distance of 30.00 feet to an angle, said point being in the limited access right-of -way line of said New State Route No.161:
Thence the following Three (3) courses and distances continuing along the Westerly and Northerly lines of said Lot No. 1 and said limited access right-of-way line:
1). Thence North 0 degrees 59’ 09” East, a distance of 205.00 feet;
2). Thence North 44 degrees 13’39” East, a distance of 223.56 feet;
3). Thence North 72 degrees 00’ 15” East, a distance of 215.97 feet, to a point;
Thence South 30 degrees 58’ 28” East, a distance of 298.07 feet, crossing said Lot Number 1, to a point on a curve in the Northerly Line of Corporate Drive (60 feet in width);
Thence the following Four (4) courses and distances along the Northerly line of Corporate Drive:
1). Thence along a curve to the left having a radius of 330.00 feet, a central angle of 3 degrees 26’ 11”, the chord to which bears South 60 degrees 44’36” West, a distance of 19.79 feet to a point of tangency;
2). Thence South 59 degrees 01’ 32” West, a Distance of 335.81 feet, to a point of curvature;
3). Thence along a curve to the right having a radius of 270.00 feet, a central angle of 31 degrees 57’ 37”, the chord to which bears South 75 degrees 00’ 20” West, a distance of 148.66 feet to a point of tangency:
4). Thence North 89 degrees 00’ 51” west, a distance of 43.51 feet, to the point of beginning, containing 3.536 acres, more or less.
Parcel ID: 600-213375
Property Address: 3592 Corporate Dr. Columbus, OH 43231.
SECTION 2. That this ordinance is conditioned on and shall remain in effect only for so long as said property is used for an educational facility, or those uses permitted in the M-2, Manufacturing District.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance is further conditioned on the applicant obtaining all applicable permits and a Certificate of Occupancy for the proposed use.
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.