Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV10-022
APPLICANT: Serenity Housing Foundation; c/o Michael D. Bridges, Atty.; 65 East State Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Shared living facility.
COLUMBUS SOUTH SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The Serenity Housing Foundation was granted a Council variance (Ord. No. 0169-2010; CV09-031) to allow the construction of a shared living facility for fourteen residents with four parking spaces accessed from the rear alley on a vacant lot zoned in the R-2F, Residential District on February 22, 2010. The applicant would have been responsible for improving the alley to make the parking lot access possible. Because of the funding restraints that the alley improvement would have created, the applicant requests a new Council Variance to allow the same development, but with 0 parking spaces. Variances for minimum lot width, lot size, and a parking variance for eight (8) required spaces are included in the request. The R-2F, Residential District only allows residential care facilities which are for five residents or less. Shared living facilities, which are for six or more residents, must be located within the AR-3, AR-4 or AR-O, Apartment Residential Districts. The Serenity Housing Foundation is the housing arm of The Serenity Street Foundation, an Ohio not-for-profit corporation. The Serenity Street Foundation offers a residential and employment program for men in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction through a faith-based recovery program that provides a home, a job, and a network of support that promotes recovery, health, and responsible living. The organization was originally founded in 1996 and is currently operating a residential care facility at 31 E. Woodrow Avenue, which is across the street from the subject property. The request will allow the a...
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