Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV23-125
APPLICANT: JBAD; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; Underhill and Hodge, LLC; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
COLUMBUS SOUTH SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of four parcels in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District, divided by a public alley and previously developed with a former religious facility and parking lot. The requested Council variance will allow redevelopment of the site with 18 townhouse-style apartment units. The site is subject to Ordinance #0865-2021 (CV20-103), passed April 22, 2021, which allowed a 17-unit development that retained the former church tower and a site plan depicting seven unit on the northern portion and ten units on the southern portion of the site. This proposal replaces that site plan to remove the tower feature and add one additional unit with eight units on the northern portion, the “North Site,” and ten units on the southern portion, the “South Site.” A Council variance is necessary to allow parking spaces on the South Site to serve units on the North Site as the two portions are separated by a public alley. Additional variances for a reduction in the required number of parking spaces from 27 to 18, reduced vision clearance, reduced perimeter yards, increased lot coverage, reduced lot area, and reduced building lines are included in the request. The site is within the planning area of the South Side Plan (2014), which recommends “Medium-High Density Residential” and “Institutional” land uses. Staff finds the revised proposal to be supportable as it will allow a multi-unit residential development that is consistent with residential infill in urban neighborhoods, and is similar to the previously-approved proposal.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.02, AR-12, ARLD and AR-1 apartment residential distr...
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