City of Columbus - File #: 0484-2023

• File #: 0484-2023
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/6/2023
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 4/17/2023
• Final action: 4/20/2023
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.027, RR rural residential district; and 3312.27, Parking setback line, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 5811 OLENTANGY RIVER RD. (43235), to permit a boarding house with a reduced parking setback line in the RR, Rural Residential District, and to repeal Ordinance #2580-2013 (CV13-036) (Council Variance #CV22-072).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/20/2023	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
4/19/2023	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/17/2023	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
4/17/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Accept entire staff report into evidence as an exhibit	Pass
4/17/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Approved	Pass
4/17/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Adopt the findings of staff as the findings of Council	Pass
2/27/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Waive the 2nd Reading	Pass
2/27/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Postponed to Date Certain	Pass

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV22-072

APPLICANT: 5811 Olentangy River Road, LLC; c/o William Ghidotti, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.

PROPOSED USE: Boarding house.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a boarding house that contains a total of five guest rooms as permitted by Ordinance #2580-2013 (CV13-036). The applicant requests a new Council variance to permit the addition of three additional guest rooms, bringing the total number of guest rooms on site to eight. A Council variance is necessary because only certain apartment residential zoning districts permit this use, and a rezoning of this property is not appropriate in this instance. Although The Northwest Plan (2016) recommends this site for “Low Density Residential” land uses, staff recognizes that the request is a modest expansion of an existing use, and that the property is of a sufficient size with high levels of screening so as to mitigate any potential effects of the proposal.

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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.027, RR rural residential district; and 3312.27, Parking setback line, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 5811 OLENTANGY RIVER RD. (43235), to permit a boarding house with a reduced parking setback line in the RR, Rural Residential District, and to repeal Ordinance #2580-2013 (CV13-036) (Council Variance #CV22-072).

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WHEREAS, by application #CV22-072, the owner of the property at 5811 OLENTANGY RIVER RD. (43235), is requesting a Variance to permit a boarding house with a reduced parking setback line in the RR, Rural Residential District; and

WHEREAS, Section 3332.027, RR, Rural Residential district, does not permit a boarding house use, while the applicant proposes an expansion to a previously approved boarding house use on the property; and

WHEREAS, Section 3312.27(3), Parking setback line, requires the parking setback line to be 25 feet from Olenta...