City of Columbus - File #: 2697-2023

• File #: 2697-2023
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/22/2023
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 10/16/2023
• Final action: 10/19/2023
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.38(H), Private garage; 3332.25 Maximum side yards required; 3332.26(C), Minimum side yard permitted; and 3332.38(G), Private garage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 703 S. 5TH ST. (43206), to permit habitable space above a detached garage with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District (Council Variance #CV22-098).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/19/2023	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/18/2023	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/16/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Accept entire staff report into evidence as an exhibit	Pass
10/16/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Adopt the findings of staff as the findings of Council	Pass
10/16/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Approved	Pass
10/16/2023	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/9/2023	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV22-098

APPLICANT: Juliet Bullock; Juliet Bullock Architects; 4886 Olentangy Boulevard; Columbus, OH, 43214.

PROPOSED USE: Habitable space above a detached garage.

GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of a single-unit dwelling zoned in the R-2F, Residential District. The applicant requests a Council variance to permit habitable space above a newly constructed detached garage. A Council variance is necessary because the zoning code only permits habitable space above a garage when connected directly to habitable space in a dwelling. The request includes variances to private garage standards, maximum and minimum side yards, and garage height. Staff supports the proposed variances as the request is consistent with similar proposals that have been approved in the area. Staff also notes that the final design is subject to a Certificate of Appropriateness by the German Village Commission.

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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.38(H), Private garage; 3332.25 Maximum side yards required; 3332.26(C), Minimum side yard permitted; and 3332.38(G), Private garage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 703 S. 5TH ST. (43206), to permit habitable space above a detached garage with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District (Council Variance #CV22-098).

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WHEREAS, by application #CV22-098, the owner of the property at 703 S. 5TH ST. (43206), is requesting a Variance to permit habitable space above a detached garage with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District; and

WHEREAS, Section 3332.38(H), Private garage, requires habitable space in a garage to connect directly with habitable space in a dwelling, while the applicant proposes habitable space above a detached garage that is not connected to habitable space within the single-unit dwelling; and

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