City of Columbus - File #: 3007-2023

• File #: 3007-2023
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/23/2023
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 11/20/2023
• Final action: 11/22/2023
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.27(2), Parking setback; 3312.29, Parking space; 3333.18, Building lines; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 919 OLD HENDERSON RD. (43220), to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV23-088).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/22/2023	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
11/21/2023	1	ACTING MAYOR	Signed
11/20/2023	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/20/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Accept entire staff report into evidence as an exhibit	Pass
11/20/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Adopt the findings of staff as the findings of Council	Pass
11/20/2023	1	Zoning Committee	Approved	Pass
11/13/2023	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV23-088

APPLICANT: Preferred Living; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; Underhill and Hodge, LLC; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.

PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #3006-2023; Z23-049) to the AR-1, Apartment Residential District. The applicant proposes an apartment complex with a total of 69 units. Variances to reduce the building and parking setbacks, required perimeter yard, and parking space size are included in this request. The request includes commitments to a site plan and building elevations that are compatible with the neighborhood, and contains common design elements with neighboring residential uses, consistent with the Olentangy West Area Plan’s (2013) design guidelines.

Title

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.27(2), Parking setback; 3312.29, Parking space; 3333.18, Building lines; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 919 OLD HENDERSON RD. (43220), to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV23-088).

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WHEREAS, by application #CV23-088, the owner of property at 919 OLD HENDERSON RD. (43220), is requesting a Council variance to allow reduced development standards for an apartment complex in the AR-1, Apartment Residential District; and

WHEREAS, Section 3312.27(2), Parking setback line, requires a minimum 25 foot parking setback line from Old Henderson Road, while the applicant proposes a reduced parking setback of seven feet along Old Henderson Road; and

WHEREAS, Section 3312.29, Parking space, requires that a parking space shall be a rectangular area of not less than nine feet wide by 18 feet deep, while the applicant proposes a re...