Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV09-001
APPLICANT: Marigold Hill LLC; c/o Thomas F. Kibbey, Atty.; 2000 Huntington Center, 41 South High Street; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Parking lot with dumpster area and five-unit apartment building.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a vacant apartment building and an occupied non-conforming five-unit apartment building in the R-4, Residential District. The applicant requests a Council variance to permit a lot split which will create parcels for a six-space parking lot with dumpster area on the site of a vacant apartment building to be demolished ("Parcel A"), and to conform the occupied apartment building ("Parcel B"). Variances for R-4 yard and area standards, parking lot screening, and a parking space reduction are included in the request. The site is within the planning area of the University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan (1996), which recommends low intensity residential development for this location. Approval of this request will not add a new or incompatible use to the area and will decrease density and provide much needed off-street parking spaces.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, Residential district; 3332.15, R-4 area district requirements; 3332.19, Fronting on a public street; 3332.25, Maximum side yard required; 3332.26, Minimum side yard permitted; 3342.17, Parking lot screening; and 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 90 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43201), to allow a parking lot with dumpster area as a primary use with no frontage on a public street ("Parcel A"), and to conform a five-unit apartment building with reduced development standards ("Parcel B") in the R-4, Residential District ...
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