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Council Variance Application: CV07-041
APPLICANT: Heather Ann Hejduk c/o Kevin Beechy; 3331 East Livingston Avenue; Columbus, Ohio 43227.
PROPOSED USE: Single-family dwelling.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The subject site is developed with a single-family dwelling on a lot zoned in the AR-O, Apartment Residential/Office District. The applicant proposes a lot split. The AR-O district permits single-family dwellings on lots of record as of January 14, 1959 or on a lot in a recorded subdivision platted between January 14, 1959 and July 16, 1986. A variance is necessary to permit the lot split and to conform the existing single-family dwelling. This ordinance also includes variances to reduce the minimum side yard for the existing garage.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, Permitted uses in an AR-O apartment office district and 3333.23, Minimum side yard required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 30 ROCKWELL ROAD (43207), to conform an existing single-family dwelling in the AR-O, Apartment Residential/Office District with reduced development standards and to declare an emergency (Council Variance #CV07-041).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV07-041, the owner of property at 30 ROCKWELL ROAD (43207), is requesting a Council Variance to conform an existing single-family dwelling with reduced development standards in the AR-O, Apartment Residential/Office District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.04, AR-O, Apartment Residential/Office District, prohibits single-family dwellings on a lot that is not a lot of record as of January 14, 1959 or platted between January 14, 1959 and July 16, 1986, while the applicant proposes to conform an existing single-family dwelling on a newly created lot; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation in the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ordinance due to the ...
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