Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV24-168
APPLICANT: EREG Housing Preservation LLC, c/o Thaddeus M. Boggs; Frost Brown Todd LLP; 10 West Broad Street, Floor 23; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
GREATER SOUTH EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 3.96± acre site consists of one parcel developed with a telecommunications tower in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District. The applicant requests a Council variance to allow a multi-unit residential development in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District. The variance is necessary to allow ground floor residential uses in the CPD district, and will allow the applicant to pursue competitive funding from Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) with the intent to proceed with a follow-up rezoning of the property to the ARLD, Apartment Residential District under Rezoning Application #Z24-078. The South East Land Use Plan (2018) recommends the “Mixed Use 1 (<24 du/acre)” land use at this location. A multi-unit residential use is consistent with the recommended land use and is therefore supported.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3361.02, Permitted uses, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3639 GENDER RD. (43110), to allow ground floor residential uses in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District and to declare an emergency.(Council Variance #CV24-168).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV24-168, the owner of property at 3639 GENDER RD. (43110), is requesting a Council variance to allow ground floor residential uses in the CPD, Commercial Planned Development District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3361.02, Permitted uses, prohibits ground floor residential uses, while the applicant proposes to develop the site with a multi-unit residential development that includes units on the ground floor; and
WHEREAS, the Greater South East Area Commission recommends app...
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