Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV25-071
APPLICANT: EREG Housing Preservation LLC, c/o Thaddeus M. Boggs, Atty.; 10 West Broad Street, Fl. 23; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Assisted living (rest home) development.
GREATER SOUTH EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Pending meeting on September 23, 2025.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #2314-2025; Z24-078) to the AR-3, Apartment Residential District on a lot developed with an existing monopole telecommunication antenna. The requested variance proposes an assisted living facility (rest home) with 120 suites with reductions in the required parking from 90 to 73 spaces, and in the required rear yard from 25 to 23.4± percent. Additionally, this request will allow the existing monopole telecommunication antenna to remain on the site with a reduced setback from residentially-zoned property from 270 to zero feet. The request is supported as the project will provide 120 affordable assisted living units consistent with City priorities, and the site plan includes landscaping in accordance with Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). The existing monopole telecommunication antenna is situated closer to Gender Road than the proposed assisted living building and will not negatively impact the intended development.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.03, Permitted uses in AR-3 apartment residential district; 3312.49(C), Required parking; 3333.24, Rear yard; and 3353.05(D)(4), C-2 district development limitations, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3639 GENDER RD. (43110), to allow a monopole telecommunication antenna with reduced setbacks, and reduced development standards for an assisted living facility, in the AR-3, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV25-071).
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