Explanation
Council Variance Application # CV11-037
APPLICANT: Kevin Lykens; 1020 Dennison Avenue, Suite 101; Columbus, Ohio 43201.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use apartment building with a maximum of fifty-six units.
ITALIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with the former Wonder Bread bakery, and is zoned in the M, Manufacturing District. The parking lot, which is on the same parcel, is zoned P-1, Parking District, and contains a non-conforming shed. The requested variance will allow the existing industirial building to be converted to a maximum of fifty-six apartment units, a 2,230 square foot restaurant, and a reception venue with 2,613 square feet of indoor assembly area and a 1,000 square foot roof-top patio. The site is located within the Urban Commercial Overlay, and lies within the planning area of the Italian Village East Redevelopment Plan (2000), which encourages a mix of commercial, residential and office uses along the North Fourth Street corridor. The request also includes variances for building setback, parking setback, a reduction in the minimum number of required parking spaces from 197 to 71, and an allowance for 10 stacked parking spaces. The applicant has arranged a parking space lease agreement for an additional 44 spaces in the parking lot located directly south of the site. The site is located in the vicinity of several sites which received Council variances to allow mixed residential and commercial development in the M, Manufacturing District. The requested variance would permit a mixed-use development with reduced development standards 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 3363.01, M-manufacturing districts; 3371.01(c)(f)(1), P-1 private parking district; 3312.27, Parking setback line; 3312.29, Parking space; 3321.05(B)(1), Vi...
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