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Council Variance Application: CV05-056
APPLICANT: Plaza Properties; c/o Jackson B. Reynolds III, Atty.; Smith and Hale; 37 West Broad Street; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-family residential development.
VICTORIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This request is a companion variance to rezoning application Z05-091, Ordinance 1231-2006. The proposal includes nine separate buildings with 86 dwelling units and 123 on-site parking spaces. The proposal includes variances to permitted uses, lot coverage, fronting, building lines, rear yards, vision clearance, maneuvering, parking setback line, minimum number of parking spaces required, and height district limitations. The site is composed of two tracts separated by an alley. Apartment residential uses are appropriate in this area, 1.43 parking spaces per unit are provided on-site, and the development is compatible with the established architecture of the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, Permitted Uses, 3333.15(c), Basis of computing area; 3333.16, Fronting; 3333.18(F), Building lines; 3333.24, Rear yard; 3333.27(b), Vision Clearance; 3342.15, Maneuvering; 3342.18(c), Parking setback line; 3342.28(A)(5), Minimum number of parking spaces required; 3333.26(a), Height district; of the Columbus City Code, for the property located at 116 WEST STARR AVENUE (43201), to permit a multi-family development with reduced standards in the AR-O, Apartment Residential/Office District (Council Variance # CV05-056).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV05-056, the owner of property at 116 WEST STARR AVENUE (43201), is requesting a Council variance to permit a multi-family development with reduced standards in the AR-O, Apartment Residential/Office District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.04, Permitted Uses, in an AR-O, Apartment Office District, prohibits two- family dwellings,...
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