Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV05-010
APPLICANT: John R. and Madalene Jentgen; 603 Lathrop Street; Columbus, Ohio 43206.
PROPOSED USE: To make an existing two-family dwelling conforming in the C-4, Commercial District.
BREWERY DISTRICT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This variance will allow an existing two-family dwelling to be conforming in the C-4, Commercial District. A Council variance is necessary in that a two-family dwelling is not a permitted use in the C-4, Commercial District. The proposed two-family dwelling is consistent with the Brewery District Plan (1992) where it is located within the High Street Corridor Subarea of the Southern Tier of the plan. The Southern Tier goals include the preservation of the residential character of the area. The High Street Corridor Strategies in the Brewery District Plan do not address nonconforming residential uses but do encourage the preservation of the original buildings. A hardship exists in that a two-family dwelling is not a permitted use in the C-4 district. Additional variances to the Urban Commercial Overlay districts are required to accommodate the existing building.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4, Permitted Uses and 3372.609, Setback requirements of the Columbus City Code, for the property located at 858 SOUTH HIGH STREET (43206), to permit an existing two-family dwelling with reduced development standards in the C-4, Commercial District (Council Variance # CV05-010)
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV05-010, the owner of property at 858 SOUTH HIGH STREET (43206), is requesting a Council variance to permit an existing two-family dwelling in the C-4, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3356.03, C-4 Permitted Uses, prohibits two-family dwellings, while the applicant proposes to make an existing two-family dwelling a conforming use on the property; and
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