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Council Variance Application: CV24-033
APPLICANT: The Dune Companies, c/o David Hodge, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Apartment complex.
WEST SCIOTO AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #2088-2024; Z24-012) to the AR-O, Apartment Office District. The proposal includes an apartment complex with a total of 120 units, and includes variances to allow vehicular access, dumpsters, and loading for adjacent commercial property on the subject site, and to reduce required maneuvering area, dumpster screening, and perimeter yard standards. The request includes commitments to a site plan and conceptual building elevations that are consistent with Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). The development standards reductions are reflective of mixed-use developments proposed within former commercial areas.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, Permitted uses in AR-O apartment office district; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3321.01(A), Dumpster area; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3755 RIDGE MILL DR. (43026), to allow commercial vehicular access, dumpsters, and loading and reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-O, Apartment Office District (Council Variance #CV24-033).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV24-033, the owner of the property at 3755 RIDGE MILL DR. (43026), is requesting a Council variance to allow onsite vehicular access, dumpsters, and loading for adjacent commercial property and reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-O, Apartment Office District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.04, Permitted uses in AR-O apartment office district, does not allow commercial access through ...
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