Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV14-049
APPLICANT: Metropolitan Holdings LLC; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460, Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed residential development with reduced standards.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with single and multi-unit dwellings and zoned AR-1, Apartment Residential District, and is subject to Ordinance No. 1546-2014, passed on July 21, 2014 (CV14-015), which allowed mixed residential development (1-4 unit buildings) with reduced development standards in two sub areas (35 total units). The requested Council variance will replace three (3) three-unit dwellings with two (2) four-unit dwellings and two (2) two-unit dwellings, but will reduce the total number of bedrooms. The site plan is virtually the same as approved with Ordinance No. 1546-2014. The new proposal is for four (4) four-unit dwellings, eight (8) two-unit dwellings and two (2) single-unit dwellings for a total of 34 units in Subarea 1. Additionally, an existing four-unit dwelling is included in this request, and is a part of Subarea 2. A variance is necessary because the AR-1 District does not permit single- and two-unit dwellings within a multiple dwelling development. Other variances include fronting on a public street for rear dwellings, and reductions to building lines, perimeter yard, and parking lot landscaping and screening. The site is located within the planning area of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009), which recommends mixed-use development for this location. Staff finds that the proposal meets the Plan’s considerations, and believes that it will not add incompatible uses since there have been variances already granted to the applicant in this area for similar developments. It is both staff's and ...
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