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Council Variance Application: CV06-054
APPLICANT: Andrea Mulholland; c/o Darryl G. Rogers, Architect; 264 South Third Street; Columbus, Ohio 43215
PROPOSED USE: To expand an existing dental office.
GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. A dental office was originally permitted on the site by council variance in 1970 and altered when another council variance was approved in 1995. This request would allow the applicant to expand the dental office by 89 square feet. Variances are also being requested to allow the lot coverage to exceed 50%, with a maximum of 52.95%, and to vary the parking requirement from nine (9) to the existing five (5) spaces. Approval of this request will not introduce a new or incompatible use into the neighborhood.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential district; 3332.18(D), Basis of computing area; and 3342.18, Minimum number of parking spaces required, for the property located at 601 SOUTH THIRD STREET (43206), to permit expansion of an existing dental office with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District and to declare an emergency. (Council Variance #CV06-054)
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV06-054, the owners of property at 601 SOUTH THIRD STREET (43206), are requesting a Council variance to permit expansion of an existing dental office in the R-2F, Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.037, R-2F, Residential district, prohibits dental offices, while the applicant proposes to expand an existing dental office permitted by a previous council variance (CV95-016); 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 as soon as possible for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety; and
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