Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV19-008
APPLICANT: 477 Columbus, LLC, c/o Dwight R. McCabe; 7361 Currier Rd.; Plain City, OH 43064.
PROPOSED USE: Residential uses.
BREWERT DISTRICT COMMISSION RECOMMNEDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of five parcels developed with historic brewery buildings in the M, Manufacturing District. The requested Council variance permits residential uses as part of a future mixed-use development. The site is within the planning boundaries of the Brewery District Plan (1992), which does not contain specific land use recommendations, but does encourage preservation and rehabilitation of historic manufacturing structures for adaptive reuse. The requested variance is consistent with mixed-use developments in the neighborhood and is consistent with Plan’s guidelines for the preservation and adaptive reuse of historic structures.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3363.01, M-manufacturing districts, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 477 SOUTH FRONT STREET (43215), to permit ground floor residential uses in the M, Manufacturing District (Council Variance #CV19-008).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV19-008, the owner of property at 477 SOUTH FRONT STREET (43215), is requesting a Council variance to permit residential uses in the M, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3363.01, M-manufacturing districts, prohibits residential uses, while the applicant proposes residential uses, both on the ground floor and above, in conjunction with future mixed-use development at this site; and
WHEREAS, the Brewery District Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, City Departments recommend approval because the requested variance will permit the existing historic manufacturing structures to be preserved and rehabilitated for adaptive reuse ...
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