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Council Variance Application: CV10-037
APPLICANT: Brothers Drake Ltd; 206 Oak Street; Columbus, OH 43235.
PROPOSED USE: Honey wine making operation or "meadery" with office, tasting room and art gallery.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant is requesting a Council Variance to allow a meadery in the C-3, Commercial District for the production of mead (honey wine). Such a use is permitted only in the M and M-1, Manufacturing Districts; therefore a Council variance is required. The property will house the business office, product development, tasting room, manufacturing and warehousing for the product. The facility will have an art gallery and bar associated with it, although these uses are already permitted in the C-3, Commercial District. The facility will not emit any kind of odor normally associated with micro-breweries that ferment and distill beer. This site is adjacent to a micro-distillery that was approved via CV09-003 on July 6, 2009. The applicant proposes no additional parking for the site while five more parking spaces would be required. There is no place for additional parking on the site and Staff finds this parking variance to be negligible. Staff considers the proposed uses consistent and compatible with the uses in the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3355.03, C-3 Permitted Uses and 3312.49 Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes for the property located at 26-30 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43201), to permit a meadery with reduced parking in the C-3, Commercial District and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV10-037).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV10-023, the owner of property at 26-30 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43201), is requesting a Council Variance to permit a meadery in the...
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