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Council Variance Application: CV22-044
APPLICANT: Christopher Jacobs; c/o Craig Moncrief, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Eight-unit apartment building.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning request to the ARLD, Apartment Residential District (Ordinance #2638-2022; Z22-032) for residential development. The requested Council variance proposes an eight-unit apartment building in accordance with the submitted site plan and landscaping plan. The request includes variances to parking lot screening and building lines. The site is located within the boundaries of the Far North Area Plan (2001), which recommends “Community Mixed Use” land uses at this location. City staff supports the requested variances and notes the development as shown on the site plan and landscaping plan are consistent with the Plan’s design guidelines.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.21(D)(1), Landscaping and screening; and 3333.18, Building lines, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 155 PARK RD. (43235), to permit reduced development standards for an eight-unit apartment building in the ARLD, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV22-044).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV22-044, the owner of property at 155 PARK RD. (43235), is requesting a Council variance to permit reduced development standards for an eight-unit apartment building in the ARLD, Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.21(D)(1), Landscaping and screening, requires screening of a parking lot within 80 feet of residentially zoned property in a four-foot wide landscaped area, while the applicant proposes to not provide landscaped screening along the western portion of the parking lot; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.18, Building lin...
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