Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV25-099
APPLICANT: Preferred Living c/o David Hodge, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 120; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Apartment complex.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #1136-2026; Z25-054) to the AR-1, Apartment Residential District for a multi-unit residential development on 3.91 acres known as Tract 1. The requested Council variance will allow reduced development standards for an 84-unit apartment complex located on Tract 1, and reduced lot sizes in the R, Rural District for Tract 2 and Tract 3 after a future lot split as shown on the submitted site plan. Tract 2, currently developed with a pole barn structure, is to remain under current ownership, and Tract 3, proposed for drainage basin expansion for existing and proposed apartment complex properties, is to be combined with the existing apartment complex property to the west. Variances are required because the proposed development and lot splits cannot meet all development standards of the AR-1, Apartment Residential District and R, Rural District. Staff finds the proposal consistent with the Rocky Fork-Blacklick Accord (2003) guidelines which include the delineation of street trees along Harlem Road and centralized open space as an organizing element of the proposed apartment complex.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3309.14(A), Height districts; 3312.21(D), Landscaping and screening; 3332.06; R-rural area district requirements; 3333.18, Building line; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 6955-6999 HARLEM RD. (43081), to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District, and reduced lot sizes in the R, Rural District(Council Variance #CV25-099).
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WHEREAS, by application #...
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