Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV13-009
APPLICANT: Guy Williams; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown & David L. Hodge, Attys.; Smith and Hale; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Concurrent Council variance with Rezoning Z13-015 to reduce development standards for proposed multiple-unit dwellings.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Given the predominance of multi-unit dwellings to the north and south and the commercial use to the east, Staff finds the proposed use and zoning compatible with the zoning pattern and development pattern of the area. Staff believes the storage yard to the west will eventually be redeveloped and this proposal will not negatively impact it while it is there. Staff also finds the proposed use to be compatible with the recommendation of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009). Staff views the variances to allow two or three buildings on a lot and the variance to permit dwellings without frontage on a public street as technicalities which will have no negative effect on the development or the surrounding area. The proposed building line reduction is in keeping with similar variances already granted elsewhere to the applicant along Chambers Road. Staff also supports the side yard variances at this site given the adjacent uses surrounding the site.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.02, AR-1, Apartment Residential District; 3312.21, Landscaping and screening; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.29, Parking space; 3321.05(A),Vision clearance; 3333.055, Exception for single- or two-family dwelling; 3333.09, Area requirements, 3333.16, Fronting on a public street; 3333.18, Building lines; 3333.23(d), Minimum side yard permitted and 3333.24, Rear yard; of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 1397 CHAMBERS ROAD (43212), to permit multiple-unit dwellings in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District with reduced development standards and to declare an ...
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