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Council Variance Application: CV07-015
APPLICANT: Flexicom LLC; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: To allow retail sales of telephones and related products.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The CPD, Commercial Planned Development District allows C-2 uses on this site. The C-2, Commercial District allows primarily office uses and does not permit retail uses. The applicant is requesting a variance to the CPD to allow limited retail sales of telephones and related products as an accessory use to a telephone company office. The retail sales are limited to 848 square feet of the 5,011 square foot building. Approval of this request, as limited in scale, will not bring an incompatible use to the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3353.03, Permitted uses, for the property located at 7949 NORTH HIGH STREET (43235), to permit retail sales of telephones and related products in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and to declare an emergency. (CV07-015)
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV07-015, the owner of property at 7949 NORTH HIGH STREET (43235), is requesting a Council variance to permit retail sales of telephone and related products in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 1149-82 (Rezoning Application Z82-006), Section 3353.03, Permitted uses is utilized to identify the specific uses permitted in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation in the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ordinance to begin construction and retail use as soon as possible for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; and
WHEREAS, Section 3353.03, Permitted uses, prohibits retail sales, while the applicant proposes to permit limited retail sa...
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