Explanation
APPLICANT: JDS Jeffrey LLC; c/o Daniel H. Schoedinger, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-Family residential and park uses.
ITALIAN VILLAGE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The Council Variance would permit the conversion of two former office buildings listed on the National Historic Register into 76 multi-family dwelling units in the M, Manufacturing District with a provision for up to 65 additional dwelling units in single, two and multi-family structures with accompanying park use. The M, Manufacturing District does not permit residential or park uses. The site falls within the boundaries of the Italian Village East Redevelopment Plan, (2000), and is depicted as "commercial" on the proposed land use map. However, text of the redevelopment plan states, in part, that "The North Fourth Street Corridor should have a mix of commercial, residential and office land uses". Staff finds that the residential uses proposed for 224 E. First Avenue, while not consistent with the land use map, are consistent with the mixed use intent of the corridor. The applicant also requests a provision that any Certificate of Appropriateness issued by the Italian Village Area Commission that overrides the Standards of the National Park Service shall prevail although the Italian Area Commission may impose more stringent requirements than those of the National Park Service. The applicant also requests technical variances including a drive aisle reduced from a minimum width of 17 feet for parking spaces located at a 53 degree angle to the drive aisle to 15 feet in width, a drive aisle reduced from a minimum width of 20 feet for commercial uses to 17 feet in width while utilizing an existing driveway, parking lot landscaping installed along the perimeter of parking lots rather than in the interior of a parking lot, to allow...
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