Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV14-009
APPLICANT: JDS Companies/City Space; c/o Michael Shannon, Esq.; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Forty-eight Fifty unit apartment complex.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
UNIVERSITY AREA REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested Council variance will allow the site, which is currently developed with a church, to be redeveloped with a forty-eight fifty unit student housing apartment complex in the R-4, Residential, and AR-4, Apartment Residential Districts. Other variances include reductions to building setback, perimeter yard, landscaping, and vision clearance, with increased maximum floor area and maximum lot coverage. The site is located within the boundaries of the University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan (1996), which is being updated, but currently recommends low intensity residential use for the property. Similar requests for high-density residential projects have been approved or are being considered in the University, Short North, and Grandview areas. Deviation from the Plan's land use recommendation is accepted due to part of the site being zoned in the AR-4 District which allows a maximum density of 36.3 units/acre, and because the proposed apartment complex is designed to integrate well with the surrounding neighborhood. Staff supports this request because it will not add an incompatible use to the neighborhood, and will help provide additional student housing options within close proximity to the university.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, Residential District; 3312.21(A), Landscaping and screening; 3321.05(B)(2), Vision clearance; 3332.285, Perimeter yard; 3333.255, Perimeter yard; 3372.542, Maximum lot coverage; 3372.543, Building lin...
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