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Council Variance Application: CV20-121
APPLICANT: Blue Chip Homes, LLC; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Nineteen-unit apartment building.
NEAR EAST 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 request to the AR-3, Apartment Residential District (Ordinance #1979-2021; Z20-107) to permit multi-unit residential development. The applicant requests variances to parking lot landscaping and screening and a parking space reduction from 29 to 19 parking spaces for a proposed 19-unit apartment building. Staff finds the requested variances to be supportable because the site and conceptual building elevations are consistent with the Near East Area Plan's (2005) design guidelines. The request is consistent with recent residential infill redevelopment projects in the Near East area and the design is reflective of the housing types in the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.21(A)(2),(D)(1), Landscaping and screening; and 3312.49 Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 980 E. RICH ST. (43205), to permit reduced development standards for an apartment building in the AR-3, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV20-121).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV20-121, the owner of property at 980 E. RICH ST. (43205), is requesting a Council variance to permit reduced development standards for a nineteen-unit apartment building in the AR-3, Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.21(A)(2), Landscaping and screening, requires that interior parking lot trees shall be planted in landscaped islands or peninsulas containing a ...
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