City of Columbus - File #: 1580-2018

• File #: 1580-2018
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/31/2018
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 6/25/2018
• Final action: 6/28/2018
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, Permitted uses in AR-O apartment office district; 3312.21(D)(1), Landscaping and screening; 3312.27(3), Parking setback line; 3312.49 Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.01, Dumpster area; 3321.05(A)(1),(B)(1), Vision clearance; 3333.16, Fronting on a public street; 3333.18(D), Building lines; and 3333.24, Rear yard, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 973 EAST BROAD STREET (43205), to permit an apartment hotel (a bed and breakfast), commercial office, three-unit carriage house, and six-unit apartment building with reduced development standards in the AR-O, Apartment Office District (Council Variance # CV18-009).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/28/2018	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/27/2018	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/25/2018	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/25/2018	1	Zoning Committee	Approved	Pass
6/18/2018	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV18-009

APPLICANT: Midnight Blue, LLC; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; Columbus, OH 43215; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.

PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.

NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with an office building, formerly the Foley Gallery, in the AR-O, Apartment Office District. The requested Council variance will permit an apartment hotel (a bed and breakfast), commercial office, three-unit carriage house, and six-unit apartment building. A variance is necessary because the AR-O, Apartment Office District allows an office, an apartment house containing five or more dwelling units, and a dwelling containing three or four units, but does not permit apartment hotel use or two residential buildings on one lot except as an apartment complex which is comprised of two apartment houses. In addition to the use variance, requested variances include landscaping and screening, parking setback, minimum number of parking spaces required, dumpster area, vision clearance, fronting on a public street, building lines, and rear yard. The site is located within the Eighteenth and Broad Historic District and is within the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005). While the Plan does not include a specific land use recommendation for this site, it does recommend a mix of office and residential uses. The Planning Division views the proposal as supportive of the goals of the Plan of preserving and enhancing the Broad Street Historic District.

Title

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, Permitted uses in AR-O apartment office district; 3312.21(D)(1), Landscaping and ...