Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV19-086
APPLICANT: Matthew Schirtzinger; c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Automotive repair facility.
COLUMBUS SOUTH SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning request to the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (Ordinance #0835-2020; Z19-066) to allow commercial uses within an existing warehouse building. Variances are requested to reduce the aisle width and parking and building setbacks for a proposed automotive repair facility. Staff finds the requested variances to be supportable because the site is being designed in a manner that mitigates its impact on nearby lower density residential uses in the form of landscaping and screening as depicted on the attached site plan.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.09, Aisle; 3312.17, Parking Setback Line; and 3356.11, C-4 district setback lines, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 80 HOSACK ST. (43207), to permit reduced development standards for an automotive repair facility in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District (Council Variance #CV19-086).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV19-086, the owner of property at 80 HOSACK ST. (43207), is requesting a Council variance to permit an automotive repair facility with reduced development standards in the L-C-4, Limited Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.09, Aisle, requires aisle width and maneuvering to be 13 feet for parallel parking spaces, while the applicant proposes a reduced aisle width of 7.6 feet; and
WHEREAS, 3312.17, Parking setback line, requires a minimum parking setback line of 10 feet regardless of permitted calculated building setback, while applicant proposes a parking setback o...
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