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Council Variance Application: CV03-008
APPLICANT: Teresa A. Crye; c/o Brian Linhart, Esq.; 141 East Town Street, Suite 200; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: A dance studio in the L-C-2, Limited Commercial District.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant requests a Council Variance to permit an existing dance studio use in the L-C-2, Limited Commercial District. The site was developed in 1985 and consists of three office buildings divided into 20 separate units. The applicant filed for a Council Variance (CV85-095) in 1985 to permit a dance studio, a use not permitted in the C-2, Commercial District. While the Council Variance was in process, the dance studio opened, occupying 3000 square feet of a total 22,576 square feet without zoning clearance or a commercial building permit. The Council Variance was later defeated by Council in 1988. Since 1985, the dance studio has increased in size and now occupies all three office buildings, each expansion occurred without the necessary permits. This request will legalize the existing use, conditioned on the applicant obtaining all required permits.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3353.01, C-2, Commercial District and 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required , for the property located at 2665 FARMERS DRIVE (43229), to permit a dance studio in the L-C-2, Limited Commercial District and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV03-008, the owner of property at 2665 FARMERS DRIVE (43229), is requesting a Council Variance to conform an existing dance studio in the L-C-2, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, 3353.01, C-2, Commercial District, does not list dance studio or school as a permitted use at this location; and
WHEREAS, said property was zoned L-C-2, Limited Commercial on April 15, 1985 (Z84-139); and
WHEREAS, 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required, requires the dance...
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