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Council Variance Application: CV07-014
APPLICANT: Columbus Regional Airport Authority; c/o Michael T. Shannon, Atty.; Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200, Columbus, OH 43206.
PROPOSED USE: Parking lot development.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This variance will permit a parking lot on vacant land in the R-1, Residential and M-2, Manufacturing Districts. The Planning Division supports the application to permit this reduction of standards even though Staff finds no hardship to justify varying the landscaping commitment and the parking space width. The applicants have committed to addressing the landscaping in a rezoning to follow this application which has yet to be filed.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.03, R-1, Residential district, 3367.01 M-2 Manufacturing District; 3342.11, Landscaping; and 3342.19, Parking Space for the property located at 1179 STELZER ROAD (43219), to permit a parking lot for an airport with reduced development standards in the in the R-1, Residential and M-2 Manufacturing Districts. (Council Variance # CV07-014)
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WHEREAS, by application #CV07-014 the owner of property at 1179 STELZER ROAD (43219), is requesting a Council Variance for a parking lot in the R-1, Residential, M-1 and M-2 Manufacturing Districts; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.03, R-1, Residential District, prohibits parking lot development; and
WHEREAS, Section 3367.01, M-2, Manufacturing District, prohibits parking lot development; and
WHEREAS, Section 3342.11, Landscaping, requires one shade tree on the interior of a parking lot for each ten parking spaces, while the applicants propose to have no landscaping on the interior of the parking lot(s); and
WHEREAS, Section 3342.19, Parking Space, requires parking spaces to have a minimum width of nine (9) feet, whi...
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