Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV24-139
APPLICANT: Vision Development, c/o Pete LaRose, Agent; 3300 Riverside Drive, Suite 100; Columbus, OH 43221, and David Hodge, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 120; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #0256-2025; Z24-057) to the AR-O, Apartment Office District. The requested Council variance will allow redevelopment of the site with multi-unit residential development while also maintaining an existing office building and parking garage, as demonstrated on the site plan committed to with this proposal. The proposed site plan establishes two subareas, Subarea 1 and Subarea 2, which will be split into two separate parcels. Additional variances to building lines, required parking, aisle widths, parking lot screening, parking lot maneuvering, parking space dimensions, and perimeter yard are included in the request, with most variances necessitated by the proposed lot split. The site plan demonstrates four new apartment buildings totaling 625 units, with an existing office building of 57,660 square feet and a parking garage retained from the former office park. Staff also notes that the site plan includes design features that are all consistent with the Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018), such as reuse of the existing parking garage, pedestrian connections to public streets, and building placement that allows buildings to be oriented towards the streets with parking on the interior of the site.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.09, Aisle; 3312.21, Landscaping and screening; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.29, Parking space; 3312.49, Required parking; 3333.18, Building lines; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property locat...
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