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Council Variance Application CV15-026
APPLICANT: CGL Holdings, LLC; c/o Keith B Keplinger; 6790 Charles Road; Westerville, Ohio 43082.
PROPOSED USE: Video and film production and equipment rental facility, with reduced UCO standards.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Z15-024) to the C-3, Commercial District for the development of a video and film production and equipment rental facility. The applicant is requesting a variance to the Urban Commercial Overlay’s frontage and window glazing requirements to accommodate the proposed new building. The requested variances is are supported because the site is irregularly-shaped and contains a centrally-located easement that cannot be built upon, and the required glazing is not feasible for video and film production as outside sound and lighting must be controlled. As an alternative to the window glazing requirements, the applicant is committing to an elevation drawing which incorporates faux glass and other architectural features along the Cleveland Avenue façade.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Sections 3372.605(B),(D), Building design standards, of the City codes; for the property located at 1192 CLEVELAND AVENUE (43201), to reduce the required building width and window glass percentages of the Urban Commercial Overlay along the Cleveland Avenue frontage in the C-3, Commercial District and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV15-026).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV15-026, the owner of property at 1192 CLEVELAND AVENUE (43201) is requesting a Council variance to reduce the required building width and window glass percentages of the Urban Commercial Overlay along the Cleveland Avenue frontage in the C-3, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3372.605(B), Building design standards, requires the width of a principal building along a primar...
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