City of Columbus - File #: 1398-2005

• File #: 1398-2005
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/11/2005
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 10/3/2005
• Final action: 10/6/2005
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential district; 3332.05, Area district lot width requirements; 3332.18, Basis of computing area; 3332.25, Maximum side yard required; 3332.26, Minimum side yard permitted; 3332.27, Rear yard; 3342.15, Maneuvering; 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required; and 3372.611, Design standards; of the Columbus City codes for the property located at 701 EAST LONG STREET (43203), to permit a mixed-use commercial building with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District and to declare an emergency. (Council Variance # CV05-029)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2005	2	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
10/5/2005	2	MAYOR	Signed
10/3/2005	2	Zoning Committee	Approved as Amended	Pass
10/3/2005	2	Zoning Committee	Amended to Emergency	Pass
10/3/2005	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/26/2005	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time
9/20/2005	1	Dev Zoning Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/20/2005	1	Dev Zoning Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/20/2005	1	Dev Zoning Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/20/2005	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/20/2005	1	Dev Zoning Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV05-029

APPLICANT: Columbus Compact Corporation and City of Columbus Department of Development; c/o Jonanthan C. Beard, President; Columbus Compact Corporation; 1000 East Main Street; Columbus, OH 43205.

PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use commercial building.

NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a 4,582 square-foot vacant commercial building. The applicant is requesting a Council Variance to renovate the building and allow limited commercial uses on the first floor and office and/or apartments on the second floor in the R-2F, Residential District. A new six-space parking lot will also be provided behind the existing building. The site was rezoned from the C-4, Commercial District to the R-2F, Residential District as part of the 1974 Model Cities rezoning. A variance is necessary because the R-2F District prohibits commercial uses. Variances to conform the building's existing conditions are also included in the request. The site lies within the Near East Area Plan (1995), which encourages mixed use development including commercial and apartment/office uses along Long Street. The Plan is currently undergoing an update, and the draft Plan denotes East Long Street as a Commercial Node District and recommends higher density residential and mixed-use development for this corridor. The site also lies within the planning area of the King-Lincoln District Plan (2002), which encourages an Arts and Entertainment Center and shared parking district along Long Street west of Monroe Avenue. The site is included within the Long Street Neighborhood Commercial Revitalization area, and is within the Urban Commercial Overlay. A hardship exists in that a commercial use had already been established on this site, and various City plans and overlays recommend co...