Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV05-050
APPLICANT: Mary Wood; 4451 Sellers Avenue; Columbus, Ohio 43214.
PROPOSED USE: To make an existing single-family dwelling conforming in the C-4, Commercial District.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This variance will allow an existing single-family dwelling to be conforming in the C-4, Commercial District. A Council variance is necessary because a single-family dwelling is not a permitted use in the C-4, Commercial District. The property is within the boundaries of the University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan Concept Document (1996). The Plan does not address nonconforming uses but its goals include the preservation of single-family homeownership. A hardship exists in that a single-family dwelling is not a permitted use in the C-4, Commercial District and the non-conforming nature of the site precludes financing options. The property is located in the Urban Commercial Overlay but, as a residence, is currently exempt from the UCO standards because it is not in an architectural review district.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03(E), C-4, Permitted Uses of the Columbus City Code, for the property located at 2611 INDIANOLA (43202), to permit an existing single-family dwelling in the C-4, Commercial District (Council Variance # CV05-050).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV05-050, the owner of property at 2611 INDIANOLA AVENUE (43202), is requesting a Council variance to permit an existing single-family dwelling in the C-4, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3356.03, C-4 Permitted Uses, prohibits single-family dwellings, while the applicant proposes to make an existing single-family dwelling a conforming use on the property; and
WHEREAS, The University Area Commission recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, City Departments recommend approval and note a hardship exi...
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