City of Columbus - File #: 1658-2018

• File #: 1658-2018
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/6/2018
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 7/9/2018
• Final action: 7/12/2018
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, Permitted uses in AR-O apartment office district; 3312.49 Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.07(B), Landscaping; 3333.15(C), Basis of computing area; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1444 NORTH HIGH STREET (43201), to permit a mixed-use building containing 2,900 square feet of ground level commercial uses and five apartment units on a lot developed with two apartment buildings with reduced development standards in the AR-O, Apartment Office District (Council Variance # CV17-084). (REPEALED BY ORD. 1885-2021; PASSED 7/19/2021)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/12/2018	2	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/11/2018	2	MAYOR	Signed
7/9/2018	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/9/2018	2	Zoning Committee	Taken from the Table	Pass
7/9/2018	2	Zoning Committee	Approved as Amended	Pass
6/25/2018	1	Zoning Committee	Amended as submitted to the Clerk	Pass
6/25/2018	1	Zoning Committee	Tabled to Certain Date	Pass
6/18/2018	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV17-084

APPLICANT: Buckeye Real Estate; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; Dave Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, First Floor; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.

PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.

UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

UNIVERSITY IMPACT DISTRICT REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with two apartment buildings in the AR-O, Apartment Office District. The applicant is seeking to develop the High Street frontage of the site with a mixed-use building containing 2,900 square feet of ground level commercial uses and five apartment units above while retaining the two apartment buildings. A Council variance is necessary because the AR-O district only permits certain commercial uses. The site is within the Regional Commercial subarea of the University District Zoning Overlay, the University Impact District, and is subject to review by the University Impact District Review Board (UIDRB). In addition to the use variance to permit commercial uses, the applicant requests variances to minimum number of parking spaces required, landscaping, lot coverage, and perimeter yard. The site is within the planning area of the University District Plan (2015), which recommends “Regional Mixed Uses” at this location. The proposed development is designed to integrate well with the surrounding High Street corridor. Staff supports this request as it is consistent with the Plan's land use recommendations and guidelines, and will not add incompatible uses to the corridor.

Title

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, Permitted uses in AR-O apartment office district; 3312.49 Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.07(B), Landscaping; 3333.15(C), Basis of computing area; a...