Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV07-060
APPLICANT: Columbus Housing Partnership; c/o George F. Tabit; 562 East Main Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Single-family residential development.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested Council Variance will allow single-family residential development on 10.28± acres that will connect to an existing subdivision to the north. Single-family dwellings are not permitted in the I, Institutional District. The L-I District was established in 2004 (Z03-003), and the 106± acre site that is intended for housing for the elderly has remained undeveloped. The subdivision will be developed in accordance with R-2, Residential District development standards, and the applicant has committed to filing a follow-up rezoning application to the R-2, Residential District prior to submitting for subdivision plat approval. Staff finds the proposed single-family residential development compatible and consistent with the established zoning and development pattern of the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3349.03, Permitted uses; 3349.04 (b)(c), Height, area and yard regulations; 3370.06, Standards; and 3370.07, Conditions and limitations, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3480 REFUGEE ROAD (43232), to permit single-family residential development in the L-I, Limited Institutional District (Council Variance # CV07-060).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV07-060, the owner of property at 3480 REFUGEE ROAD (43232), is requesting a Variance to permit a fifty-four unit single-family subdivision in compliance with Chapter 3332, Residential Districts, in the L-I, Limited Institutional District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3349.03, Permitted uses, prohibits single-family dwellings, while the applicant proposes single-family residential development; and
WHEREAS...
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