Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV26-019
APPLICANT: Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Inc.; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; Dave Perry Company; 411 East Town Street, Floor 1; Columbus, OH 43215 and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, Floor 2; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-residential development.
COLUMBUS SOUTH SIDE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel formerly developed with a religious facility in the R-4, Residential District. The requested Council variance will allow redevelopment of the site with an 80-unit apartment building, 20 townhouse-style dwelling units, and 10 detached single-unit dwellings. The request will also maintain an existing monopole telecommunications antenna as approved by Ordinance #2473-2015 (CV15-036). A Council variance is required because the R-4 district does not allow apartment residential development or monopole telecommunication towers. Staff supports the Council variance process to achieve the proposed development in lieu of a rezoning because the site is within Columbus Zone-In Phase 2, is recommended for “Mixed Use 1” future land uses by the Columbus Growth Strategy (2026), and will be subject to a competitive funding process from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA). Variances to required parking, building setbacks, building height, area district requirements, lot width, maneuvering, vision clearance, landscaping and screening, perimeter yard, and monopole development standards are all included in this request. The proposed redevelopment is consistent with the Columbus Growth Strategy’s land use recommendation, with the city’s goal of providing additional housing in all areas of the city, and with similar residential infill developments in urban areas of the city.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4 residential district; 3309.14(A), Height districts; 3312.21(B)(D),...
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