Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV14-048
APPLICANT: Guy Williams Jr.; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460, Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed residential development with reduced standards.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This site is comprised of eight separate lots that have been recently zoned AR-1, Apartment Residential District, and is subject to Ordinance No. 1593-2014 (CV14-016) which allowed mixed residential development (1-4 unit buildings) with reduced development standards in two sub areas (36 total units). The requested Council variance will replace three (3) three-unit dwellings with three (3) four-unit dwellings, but will reduce the total number of bedrooms. The site plan is virtually the same as approved with Ordinance No. 1593-2014. The new proposal is for thirty-nine (39) total units: four (4) four-unit dwellings, six (6) two-unit dwellings, and one (1) single-unit dwelling on one lot (Sub Area 1), and a three-unit dwelling and a two-unit dwelling per lot for two separate lots (Sub Area 2). A variance is necessary because the AR-1 District does not permit single- and two-unit dwellings within a multiple dwelling development, nor does it allow two dwellings on one lot. Other variances include fronting on a public street for rear dwellings, and reductions to building lines, perimeter yard, and parking lot landscaping and screening. The site is located within the planning area of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009), which recommends mixed-use development for this location. Staff finds that the proposal meets the Plan’s considerations, and believes that it will not add incompatible uses since there have been variances already granted to the applicant in this area for similar developments.
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