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Council Variance Application: CV12-010
APPLICANT: Margaret O'NealWestwood Cabinetry and Millwork, LLC; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Allow cabinetry/mill work use adjacent to residentially zoned property at less than the required setbacks.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The subject site is being rezoned to the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District. The applicant is requesting this concurrent Council variance along with the previously mentioned rezoning to allow cabinetry/mill work use adjacent to residential zoned property. Cabinetry and millwork are less objectionable and more objectionable uses respectively and require 25 foot and 600 foot setbacks from residentially zoned property respectively. Staff supports this concurrent Council variance given that the buildings already are existing and the site backs up to the parking lot and green space in the apartment complex as opposed to the actual dwelling units. Furthermore, given that the buildings already exist, and is on a street develop primarily with industrial uses, Staff supports deviating from the land use recommendations of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan which calls for multi-unit residential development on the site. Approval of this Council variance along with rezoning Z12-004 will bring an existing industrial facility into zoning conformance and is in conformance with the land use zoning pattern in the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3363.19(C), Location requirements and 3363.27(b)(2), Height and Area Regulations, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 1140 CHAMBERS ROAD (43212), to permit cabinetry and millwork in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District with reduced setbacks from residentially zoned property. (Council Variance # CV12-010).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV12-010, the owner of...
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