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Council Variance Application: CV24-155
APPLICANT: Jared Bock; 931 Strimple Avenue; Columbus, OH 43229.
PROPOSED USE: Automobile storage.
COLUMBUS SOUTH SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel developed with an automobile repair business in the C-4, Commercial District. The site is subject to Zoning Code Violation #24470-06907 for parking and keeping inoperable vehicles on the property. The Applicant requests a Council variance to allow the storage of automobiles waiting to be repaired on-site. A Council variance is required because the C-4 district does not allow storage uses. Variances to required parking, dumpster area, and storage setbacks are included in this request. The site is located within the planning boundaries of the Near Southside Plan (2011), which recommends “Commercial (Neighborhood)” land uses at this location. Staff supports the request as the submitted site plan is consistent with the Plan’s recommendation, and the proposed mesh screening is a mitigating factor that is consistent with the Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018).
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4 permitted uses; 3312.49(C), Required parking; 3321.01, Dumpster area; and 3363.41(A), Storage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 616 E. WHITTIER ST. (43206), to allow temporary automobile storage with reduced development standards in the C-4, Commercial District (Council Variance #CV24-155).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV24-155, the owner of property at 616 E. WHITTIER ST. (43206), is requesting a Council variance to allow temporary automobile storage with reduced development standards in the C-4, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, an automobile repair facility in a C-4, Commercial District may have vehicles awaiting repair in a code-compliant parking lot which would not require a Cou...
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