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COUNCIL VARIANCE: CV03-047
APPLICANT: Ron's Express Car Wash and Lube, Inc.; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; Smith and Hale; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: To permit a self-service carwash with manual and automatic bays
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The vacant 0.98± acre parcel is zoned L-C-4, Limited Commercial District. The Applicant proposes to develop this site with a self-service carwash that will complement the express carwash he operates in the CPD zoning district directly to the west at 4940 North Hamilton Road. A hardship exists because a carwash is not permitted in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District. The Council variance will be conditioned on compliance with applicable use restrictions and development standards established by the current L-C-4 zoning district so that land uses and development standards on this site will be consistent with the established zoning and development patterns along this section of North Hamilton Road.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Section 3356.03, C-4 permitted uses, of the Columbus City Codes for the property located at 4831 CHESTNUT HILL DRIVE (43230), to permit a carwash in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (CV03-047).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV03-047, the owner of property at 4831 CHESTNUT HILL DRIVE (43230), is requesting a Council Variance to permit a carwash in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3356.03, C-4 permitted uses, does not permit a carwash, while applicant proposes to develop a self-serve carwash; and
WHEREAS, the City Departments recommend approval of said variance, noting that the addition of a C-5, Commercial use, a carwash, to the existing L-C-4, Limited Commercial District is consistent with the carwash that is located directly to the west in the CPD zoning district; and
WHEREAS, a hardship exists in that the proposed carwash can...
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