Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV25-094
APPLICANT: Stimmel Properties LLC; c/o Laura MacGregor Comek, Esq., Atty.; 17 South High Street, Suite 700; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Major auto service and repair facility with an accessory storage yard.
FRANKLINTON AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of two parcels being used for a major auto service and repair facility with an accessory storage yard in the UCT, Urban Center District. The property has an active Zoning Code violation for outdoor storage uses. A Council variance is required because neither a major auto service and repair facility nor a storage yard are allowable uses in the UCT district. Variances to drive aisles, driveway, maneuvering, paving and marking of parking spaces, improved surface, wheel stops, fencing, light fixture shielding, parking lot shade trees, headlight and dumpster screening, and vision clearance are also included in this request, and are required to legitimize on-site conditions. The site is located within the boundaries of the Columbus Growth Strategy (2026), which recommends “Mixed Use 2” land uses at this location. Staff notes the subject site was previously zoned M, Manufacturing District before establishment of the 2024 Zoning Code and districts. The applicant has included a site plan with this request showing the previously existing curbcut to Jones Avenue removed, at the request of the Department of Public Service, and shows planters along Jones Avenue, and fencing with black mesh screening around the site’s perimeter. As the property has been historically used as a repair facility with a storage component, staff are supportive of the proposal conditioned on the existing development. Upon termination of the use or demolition of the existing building, the variance will expire.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 34.E.20.100.A, Uses, Use Table; 3312.09, Aisle; 3312....
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