Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV14-025
APPLICANT: Connie J. Klema, Attorney; 145 East Rich Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Two multi-use buildings on two lots and a rear single-unit dwelling with reduced development standards.
ITIALIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned R-4, Residential District, and contains two adjacent parcels, 305 and 307 East Fifth Avenue. 305 East Fifth Avenue contains a two story structure with retail on the first floor and apartments on the second. This building was built in 1920 and the uses are legal, non-conforming uses. 307 East Fifth Avenue is a vacant lot. The requested Council Variance will permit the continuance of the C-1, commercial uses on the first floor (except restaurant uses) of 305 East Fifth Avenue and allow the conversion of the second floor to one residential unit. The request will also permit the construction of a two (2) story structure on 307 East Fifth Avenue with C-1, commercial uses on the first floor and four (4) residential units on the second floor. Additionally, a rear single-unit dwelling will be constructed on 307 East Fifth Avenue. Other variances include reductions to lot width, lot area, building lines, maximum and minimum side yards, rear yard, side or rear yard obstruction, required parking, maneuvering and parking setback line. A Council variance is necessary because the R-4, Residential District permits a maximum of four dwelling units in one building, and does not permit mixed use buildings or two residential buildings on one lot. Staff finds that the proposal will not add incompatible uses to the area as the commercial establishment on 305 East Fifth Avenue has been there since the building’s construction and there are several mixed-use buildings and carriage houses within this neighborhood. The request is consistent with the recent development pattern in urban neighborhoods.
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