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Council Variance Application: CV05-049
APPLICANT: TK Constructors; c/o Michael T. Shannon, Atty., Crabbe, Brown and James; 500 South Front Street,
Suite 1200; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Single-family model home complex.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is undeveloped and is zoned L-M, Limited Manufacturing District. The applicant requests a Council variance to construct four single-family model homes along with a sales office for the purpose of selling single-family lots in the Columbus area. The model homes will be constructed as fully-functional single-family dwellings, but they will not be occupied for residential living and will be used solely for marketing and sales purposes. Additional variances for the minimum number of parking spaces required and to allow the model homes to be used for longer than a one year period are also requested. The applicant has also committed to demolition of the model home structures within one year of the termination of their use for home sales purposes. A hardship exists in that the M, Manufacturing District prohibits single-family dwellings, and the proposed use of the property is not defined or referenced within the Columbus Zoning Code. It has been determined that the proposed use is commercial in nature, and commercial sales are permitted by the established Limitation Overlay Text as approved by Ordinance No. 1235-00, passed June 5, 2000.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Sections 3363.01, M, Manufacturing District; 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required; and 3390.04, Temporary use permit required; of the Columbus City codes for the property located at 2199 WILSON ROAD (43228), to permit a single-family model home complex with reduced development standards in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV05-049).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV05-049, the owner of prope...
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