Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV06-002
APPLICANT: Norma Jean Williams and Creative Housing, Inc., c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank & Brahm; 145 East Rich Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Two-family dwelling.
CLINTONVILLE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval. The site is developed with a single-family dwelling and is zoned in the R-3, Residential District. The applicant requests a Council variance to allow the conversion of the dwelling into a two-family dwelling. A variance is necessary because the R-3, Residential District allows only single-family dwellings. The applicant's hardship states that the parents of a disabled son want to live in the second dwelling unit so that they can closely monitor their son's transition to living on his own. The additional dwelling unit is requested for a maximum period of ten years, and this ordinance is conditioned upon the structure being converted back to a single-family dwelling after the ten-year period expires. Although Staff is sympathetic to the applicant's situation, this request must be reviewed in the context of introducing a two-family dwelling into a single-family residential neighborhood which is not supported.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3332.035, R-3, Residential District of the Columbus City codes for the property located at 172 OVERBROOK DRIVE (43214), to permit a two-family dwelling in the R-3, Residential District (Council Variance # CV06-002).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV06-002, the owner of the property at 172 OVERBROOK DRIVE (43214), is requesting a Variance to permit a two-family dwelling in the R-3, Residential District for a maximum period of ten (10) years; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.035, R-3 Residential District, permits only single-family dwellings, while the applicant propo...
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