Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV15-079
APPLICANT: Darin J. Ranker, Architect; Carney-Ranker Architects; 5980 South Wilcox Place; Dublin, OH 43016.
PROPOSED USE: Child day care center.
FAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This site is zoned in the M-2, Manufacturing District and was the subject of Council variance Ordinance No. 1359-95, passed June 26, 1995 (CV95-023), to permit a gymnastics facility. This request will allow the gymnastics facility to be replaced with a child daycare center. The proposed child daycare center would be used as over-flow for a nearby child day care center located at 6950 Americana Parkway. That nearby child daycare facility is also zoned in the M-2, Manufacturing District, and was established by Council variance Ordinance No. 1615-2012, passed July 30, 2012 (CV12-026), and subsequently by Ordinance No. 0240-2015, passed February 4, 2015 (CV14-060) to permit the addition of a personal training business in the same building. Staff did not support the first Council variance due to the potential conflicts between child day care and light industrial activity on this and adjacent sites. However, staff did support the subsequent Council variance because the daycare use had already been established and did not appear to be incompatible to the area or conflict with the other tenants in the building. This request to permit over-flow for a nearby child day care indicates that this use continues to be compatible with surrounding uses. It is anticipated that the use of this building as an over-flow child day care facility will be as compatible with the established uses as the gymnastics facility which preceded it. The proposal includes conditions at the request of the Department of Public Service that will mitigate potential traffic congestion so that the child day care facility will not generate any more traffic than most permitted uses. The site lies within the plann...
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