Explanation
Council Variance Application # CV12-041
APPLICANT: Hartford Village Commons, LLC; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown and David Hodge, Attys.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development with reduced perimeter yard.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Z12-035) to the L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential District for the development of 72 multi-unit residential dwellings on 4.4± acres. The remainder of the site is zoned in the L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential District, and is developed with 40 multi-unit residential dwellings. The applicant is requesting a variance to reduce the required perimeter yard of the subject property from twenty-five (25) feet to zero (0) feet along the interior common property lines. The proposed perimeter yard variance is supported because the site will function as one development, and the private drive that divides the existing units from the proposed will be utilized as access for both phases of the development.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Section 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the City codes, for the property located at 1018 MARSALA AVENUE (43228), to permit a reduced perimeter yard for a multi-unit residential development in the L-ARLD, and L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential Districts (Council Variance # CV12-041).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV12-041, the owner of property at 1018 MARSALA AVENUE (43228), is requesting a Council Variance to permit a reduced perimeter yard for a multi-unit residential development in the L-ARLD, and L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential Districts; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.255, Perimeter yard, requires a twenty-five (25) foot perimeter yard for a multi-unit residential development, while the applicant proposes a zero (0) foot perimeter...
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