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Council Variance Application: CV21-013
APPLICANT: Ascent Development Group, LLC; c/o Rebecca Mott, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
SOUTH LINDEN AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and a recommendation of disapproval from Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning request to the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District (Ordinance #1518-2021; Z20-100) for a multi-unit residential development with a maximum of 204 dwelling units. Variances are requested to permit 4,000 square feet of commercial retail and/or eating and drinking establishment space and an overall parking reduction from 350 total required spaces to 321 provided spaces and a reduced perimeter yard. Staff supports the proposed commercial use as it was factored into the support for the multi-unit residential proposal achieving a mixed-use development near the Cleveland Avenue transit corridor consistent with Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). Significant landscaping and screening is provided to offset the reduced perimeter yard, and the parking space reduction is not impactful given the site’s location near a transit hub with residents of the proposed and adjacent residential developments likely to be the primary patrons of these businesses.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.02, AR-12, ARLD, and AR-1, apartment residential district use; 3312.49(C), Minimum number of parking spaces required; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard; of the Columbus City Codes, for property located at 999 BONHAM AVE. (43211), to permit 4,000± square feet of commercial space and reduced development standards for a multi-unit residential development in the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV21-113).
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