Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV03-023
APPLICANT: Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing; 88 East Broad Street;, Ste. 1800; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Maintenance facility and parking lots.
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NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a vacant warehouse building and several parking lots, and is comprised of six separate tax parcels. The requested variance would permit refurbishing of the existing 1907 warehouse building into a maintenance facility for a property management office located south of the site across an alley and fronting on East Broad Street, and would allow the existing parking lots. The variance request incorporates parking lot improvements, landscaping and lighting controls, and includes reduced development standards to conform existing situations such as lot coverage, side yards, rear yard, and building setbacks while maintaining the character of the surrounding neighborhood. A hardship exists in that a variance is necessary to permit reuse of the existing vacant warehouse building in a manner sensitive to the character of the surrounding residential neighborhood.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential District use; 3332.18 (D), Basis of computing area; 3332.21, Building lines; 3332.25, Maximum side yard required; 3332.26, Minimum side yard permitted; 3332.27, Rear yard; 3332.28, Side or rear yard obstruction; 3342.13 (b) Loading space; 3342.15, Maneuvering; 3342.17, Parking lot screening; and 3342.29 B, Minimum number of loading spaces required; for the property located at 933 EAST GAY STREET (43205), to permit a maintenance facility and parking lots for an adjacent property management office with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District and to declare an emergency. (Council Varian...
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