Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV13-013
APPLICANT: Robert del M. Castillo; c/o D.J. Young, III, Atty.; Firestone, Brehm, Wolfe, Whitney, & Young LLP; 15 West Winter Street; Delaware, OH 43015.
PROPOSED USE: Church and related accessory uses.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with an office/warehouse in an office/industrial park zoned in the M-2, Manufacturing District. The applicant requests a Council variance to allow a church with related accessory uses. The request also includes a parking space reduction of 56 required parking spaces. The site is located within the Central Industrial Subarea of the Trabue/Roberts Area Plan (2011), which recommends employment center for this location. While there are some reservations about introducing institutional uses in industrial locations, the religious use would occur mainly on Sundays when the industrial park is largely unused. Therefore, Staff is not concerned about the requested parking reduction, nor is it believed that there will be a conflict between the surrounding industrial uses and the proposed religious use.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3367.01, M-2, Manufacturing uses; and 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1850 DIVIDEND DRIVE (43228), to permit religious services and accessory church-related office and classroom uses in an existing building with reduced parking in the M-2, Manufacturing District (Council Variance # CV13-013).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV13-013, the owner of property at 1850 DIVIDEND DRIVE (43228), is requesting a Council Variance to permit religious services and accessory church-related office and classroom uses in an existing building with reduced parking in the M-2, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3367.01, M-2, Manufacturing District, prohibits religious uses, while the applicant proposes to use an existi...
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