Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV05-024
APPLICANT: Jack D. Walters; c/o Jack D. Walters & Associates, Inc.; 5166 Blazer Memorial Parkway; Dublin, OH
43017.
PROPOSED USE: Six-unit apartment building.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a vacant six-unit apartment building. The applicant requests a Council variance to rehabilitate the structure and make it conforming in the C-4, Commercial District. A three-space parking variance and a variance to allow stacked parking are also included in the request. The site is located on the edge of the Mid-Corridor Subarea of the I-670 Corridor Development Plan (1989), which recommends office, commercial, and apartment residential uses for this location. This portion of East Fifth Avenue is of a mixed-use nature with residential uses existing in the immediate area. Multi-family residential development also borders the site to north. A hardship exists because the C-4, Commercial District only allows apartments when they are above certain commercial uses.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4, Permitted Uses; 3342.17, Parking lot screening; 3342.19, Parking space; and 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required of the Columbus City Codes for the property located at 2734 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43219), to permit a six-unit apartment building in the C-4, Commercial District with reduced parking standards (Council Variance # CV05-024).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV05-024, the owner of property at 2734 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43219), is requesting a Council variance to allow a six-unit apartment building in the C-4, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3356.03, C-4 Permitted Uses, permits apartments only above certain commercial uses, while the applicant proposes to rehabilitate a vacant six-unit apartment building with reduced parking standards; and
WHEREAS, Section 3342.17, Parking Lot Screenin...
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