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Council Variance Application: CV08-030
APPLICANT: Donald R. Kenney; c/o Jill Tangeman, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Conform an existing driveway and parking lot serving a manufacturing use.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site, zoned in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District, is developed with an existing driveway and parking lot that serve manufacturing uses, zoned in the M, Manufacturing District. The driveway and parking lot, serving non-residential uses, are not permitted uses in the AR-1 district. The applicant is requesting a council variance to conform the existing use. Approval of this request will not introduce a new or incompatible use into the area.
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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; 3333.22, Maximum side yard required; and 3333.23, Minimum side yard permitted, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 1176 STEELWOOD ROAD (43212), to conform an existing driveway and parking lot serving M, manufacturing uses with reduced development standards in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District. (Council Variance #CV08-030)
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV08-030, the owner of property at 1176 STEELWOOD ROAD (43212), is requesting a Council variance to conform an existing driveway and parking lot serving M, manufacturing uses with reduced development standards in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.02, AR-12, ARLD and AR-1 apartment residential district use, prohibits a driveway and a parking lot serving M, manufacturing uses, while the applicant proposes to maintain the existing driveway and parking lot on the site; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.22, Maximum side yard required; requires the sum of the widths of each side yard shall equal or exceed twenty p...
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