Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV06-015
APPLICANT: Brown Bag Deli; c/o Jeffrey Brown, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Delicatessen expansion.
GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This is a request to permit an expansion to an existing delicatessen in the R-2F, Residential District. A delicatessen is not a permitted use in the R-2F, Residential District, which allows only residential uses. The existing delicatessen currently occupies 706 square feet of the building and proposes to expand into the remaining 320 square feet, previously occupied by a barbershop. There are currently zero (0) parking spaces provided by the delicatessen. The expansion would require the provision of three (3) parking spaces. The applicant proposes to maintain zero (0) parking spaces for the building. Approval of this request will not add a new or incompatible use to the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential district; 3342.02, Administrative requirements; and 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required, for the property located at 171 EAST WHITTIER STREET (43206), to permit a delicatessen expansion with reduced parking in the R-2F, Residential District and to declare an emergency. (Council Variance # CV06-015)
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV06-015, the owner of property at 171 EAST WHITTIER STREET (43206), is requesting a Council Variance to permit a delicatessen with reduced required parking spaces in the R-2F, Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.037, R-2F, Residential District, prohibits delicatessens, while the applicant proposes to expand an existing delicatessen; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation in the City of Columbus in that it is i...
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