City of Columbus - File #: 0925-2013

• File #: 0925-2013
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/5/2013
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 4/29/2013
• Final action: 5/2/2013
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential District; 3312.21(B), (C), and (D), Landscaping and screening; 3312.49, Minimum number of parking spaces required; 3321.05(B) (2), Vision clearance; 3332.21, Building lines; 3332.29, Height district; 3372.605(E) (3), Building design standards; and 3372.607(A), (B), and (D), Landscaping and screening, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 905 EAST LONG STREET, and 90 AND 108 NORTH SEVENTEENTH STREET (43203), to permit a mixed use office/retail/ten-unit apartment building and a six-unit apartment building on one lot, and an eighteen-unit apartment building on a separate lot, with reduced development standards in the R-2F, Residential District, and to repeal Ordinance No. 1271-2011, passed on September 12, 2011 and to declare an emergency(Council Variance # CV13-011).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/2/2013	2	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
5/1/2013	2	MAYOR	Signed
4/29/2013	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/29/2013	1	Zoning Committee	Amended to Emergency	Pass
4/29/2013	1	Zoning Committee	Approved as Amended	Pass
4/22/2013	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV13-011

APPLICANT: Columbus Scholar House I, LLC; c/o James V. Maniace, Atty.; 65 East State Street, Suite 100; Columbus, Ohio 43215.

PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.

NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned in the R-2F, Residential District, and developed with a three-story, 19,970 square foot office/retail/apartment building as approved by Ordinance No. 1271-2011, passed on September 12, 2011 (CV11-016), for redevelopment of the historic “Charles” site at 905 East Long Street. The requested Council variance will carry over the previous variances for the existing building, and will allow the construction of a six-unit apartment building (108 South Seventeenth Street), and an eighteen-unit apartment building (90 South Seventeenth Street). 90 South Seventeenth Street was previously developed with a day care center, and is subject to rezoning Ordinance No. 0924-2013 (Z13-019), a request from CPD, Commercial Planned Development District to R-2F, Residential District. The site is located within the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which recommends higher-density residential and mixed-use development for this location. The site also lies within the East Long Street Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO), and the planning area of the King-Lincoln District Plan (2002), which identifies the intersection of East Long Street and North Seventeenth Street as a “Key Commercial Revitalization Site”. A variance is necessary because the R-2F District prohibits commercial uses, and allows only a maximum of two units within one dwelling. Variances for building height, setback, a reduction of 28 required parking spaces, parking lot screening, and UCO provisions as they apply to upper-story windows and landscaping and screening are included in the request. A hardship exists in that various City plans and overlays recommend mixed-use/multi-u...