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Council Variance Application: CV08-042
APPLICANT: Will Shively; c/o Julia E. Steigerwald, Agent; 6862 Lee Road; Westerville, Ohio 43081.
PROPOSED USE: Ground floor dwelling in the C-4, Commercial District.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The property is developed with a one-story photography studio zoned in the C-4, Commercial District. The applicant requests a Council variance to establish a live-work unit to allow a dwelling on the ground floor of the studio. Dwellings are only permitted on the second floor above certain commercial uses in the C-4, Commercial District. Staff has supported allowing a mixture of commercial uses and ground floor dwellings in mixed-use or urban commercial neighborhoods, and this proposal is not out of character for the area. The City of Columbus Zoning Code contains no district allowing live-work units on the ground floor. A Council variance is required to allow the applicant to pursue such a project. Variances to allow stacked parking spaces and a two-space parking reduction are included in the request, but because the business owner and the resident will be the same person, the parking need is negligible.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4 Permitted Uses; 3342.15, Maneuvering; 3342.19, Parking space; and 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 1733 WEST THIRD AVENUE (43212), to permit a dwelling on the ground floor with reduced parking requirements in the C-4, Commercial District (Council Variance # CV08-042).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV08-042, the owner of property at 1733 WEST THIRD AVENUE (43212), is requesting a Council Variance to permit a ground floor dwelling with reduced parking requirements in the C-4, Co...
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