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Council Variance Application: CV15-053
APPLICANT: The Wood Companies; c/o Michael T. Shannon, Atty.; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
ITALIAN VILLAGE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Two vacant structures, previously commercial in use, are currently located on the parcel. The requested Council variance will allow the construction of mixed-use development with 14,200± square feet of general office space, retail, and restaurant space, and 33 apartment units in the C-4, Commercial District. The request includes variances for ground floor residential accessory uses, increased building height of seventy-five (75) feet, a reduction to thirty-eight (38) required parking spaces, no public bicycle parking, and a setback of ten (10) feet on North High Street. The site is located in the vicinity of several sites that received Council variances to allow similar multi-story predominantly residential projects in the C-4, Commercial District. This proposal will permit a multi-story mixed-use development that is consistent with the development pattern and historic character of the surrounding neighborhood.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4, Permitted uses; 3309.14, Height district; 3312.49(B)(C), Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; and 3356.11(C), C-4 district setback lines, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 930 NORTH HIGH STREET (43201), to permit a mixed-use development with reduced development standards in the C-4, Commercial District and to declare an emergency (CV15-053).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV15-053, the owner of property at 930 NORTH HIGH STREET (43201), is requesting a Variance to permit a mixed-use development with reduced development standards in the C-4,...
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