Explanation
Council Variance Application # CV12-040
APPLICANT: Kevin Lykens; 1020 Dennison Avenue, Suite 102; Columbus, Ohio 43201.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use apartment building with a maximum of sixty-six units.
ITALIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with the former Wonder Bread bakery and parking lot, and is zoned in the M, Manufacturing, and P-1, Private Parking Districts, respectively. The site is subject of Council variance Ord. # 0076-2012 (CV11-037) approved on January 30, 2012, which allowed the existing building to be converted to a maximum of fifty-six apartment units, a 2,230 square foot restaurant, and a reception venue. The requested variance will allow 10 additional apartment units, 20 additional square feet of restaurant space, and removes the reception venue aspect of the proposal, thereby reducing the number of parking spaces to be varied from 125 spaces to 51 spaces. The site is located within the Urban Commercial Overlay, and lies within the planning area of the Italian Village East Redevelopment Plan (2000), which encourages a mix of commercial, residential and office uses along the North Fourth Street corridor. The request also carries over variances for building setback, parking setback, a reduction in the minimum number of required parking spaces from 122 to 71, and an allowance for 10 stacked parking spaces. The applicant has arranged a parking space lease agreement for an additional 44 spaces in the parking lot located directly south of the site. The site is located in the vicinity of several sites which received Council variances to allow mixed residential and commercial development in the M, Manufacturing District. The requested variance would permit a mixed-use development with reduced development standards that is consistent with the development pattern and historic character of the surrounding neighborhood.
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