Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV21-154A
Ordinance #2954-2022 (CV21-154), passed November 14, 2022, a concurrent Council variance to Ordinance #2953-2022 (Z21-104), included a use variance for non-accessory parking in the AR-3, Apartment Residential District, and standard variances for increased height and lot coverage, and reduced building setbacks and rear yard for a proposed apartment building, and also included reduced building design standards for a proposed retail building in the M, Manufacturing District. This ordinance includes a modified legal description, and revisions to the approved variances resulting from the final engineering of the site design. Additional variances to parking lot screening and landscaping, maximum parking numbers, and a building design standard for a required main entrance along the East 5th Avenue frontage are included in this ordinance for the proposed retail establishment. Additionally, a new site plan demonstrating the previously mentioned revisions has been included with this request. Staff supports the additional variances needed to complete this mixed-use development.
5TH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
Title
To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.03, AR-3 apartment residential district use; 3309.14, Height districts; 3312.21(B)(3);(D)(1), Landscaping and screening; 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3333.15(C), Basis of computing area; 3333.18(D), Building lines; 3333.24, Rear yard; 3372.604, Setback requirements; and 3372.605(A)(D), Building design standards, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located 1333 EDGEHILL RD. (43212), to permit a non-accessory parking use in the AR-3, Apartment Residential District, and reduced development standards in the AR-3, Apartment Residential District and M, Manufacturing District for a mixed-use development, and to repeal Ordinance #2954-2022 (CV21-154...
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