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APPLICANT: Antonio Colosimo; 3D Group, Inc.; 266 North Fourth Street, Suite 200; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: To permit ground floor residential in the C-4 Commercial District.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant requests a variance to allow ground floor residential in the C-4 Commercial District. The existing three-story building originally had two offices on the first floor and four apartments above. The applicant maintains the ground floor units are not viable as office space because of the building's small size and hidden location. The requested variance would allow five apartments and one 450 square foot rental office in the existing building.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, Permitted Uses; 3356.05C, C-4 district development limitations; 3342.15, Maneuvering; 3342.18, Parking setback line; 3372.609B, Setback requirements; 3372.611, Design standards; for property located at 263-277 WEST NORWICH AVENUE (43201), being 0.15 + acres located at the southwest corner of West Norwich Avenue and Tuttle Park Place, to permit ground level residential use and second floor residential use not located over a commercial use, thereby permitting an apartment building in the C-4, Commercial District.
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV06-037, the owner of property at 263-277 WEST NORWICH AVENUE (43201), is requesting a Council variance to permit ground level residential use and second floor residential use not located over a commercial use, thereby permitting an apartment building in the C-4, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3356.03, permitted uses, does not permit ground level residential use and requires second floor residential use to be located over a ground level commercial use, while applicant proposes one rental office and five dwelling units, including ground floor residential use an...
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