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Council Variance Application: CV09-015
APPLICATION: Blades Enterprises LLC; c/o Rusty Blades; 1678 Rathmell Road; Lockbourne, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: To conform an existing single-family dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District.
BREWERY DISTRICT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Pending July 2, 2009 meeting. Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This variance will allow an existing single-family dwelling to be conforming in the M, Manufacturing District. A Council variance is necessary in that single-family dwellings are prohibited in the M, Manufacturing District. The Brewery District Plan (1992), Southern Tier Subarea, recommends that the area be rezoned to a mixed-use district that allows residential and low intensity commercial uses, and encourages the preservation of the residential character. Until such time that an area-wide rezoning is complete, Council variances are the most suitable means to allow non-conforming uses. A hardship exists because the non-conforming nature of the site precludes financing options and the dwelling has long been established on this lot.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3363.01, M-manufacturing district, and 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 974 SOUTH FRONT STREET (43206), to permit an existing single-family dwelling with no parking spaces in the M, Manufacturing District and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV09-015).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV09-015, the owner of property at 974 SOUTH FRONT STREET (43206), is requesting a Council variance to permit an existing single-family dwelling in the M, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3363.01, M-manufacturing district, prohibits single-family dwelling use, while the applicant proposes to make an existing single-family dwelling a conforming use on the property; and
WHEREAS, an emergen...
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