Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV07-024
APPLICANT: Cup o' Joe; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, Ohio 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Restaurant.
GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The requested Council variance will permit an expansion to an existing restaurant and will allow two (2) existing second-story residential units to remain in the R-2F, Residential District. A restaurant is not a permitted use in the R-2F, Residential District, which allows only residential uses. The site has been historically used for retail and restaurant uses. Ordinance #2367-91, passed November 25, 1991 (CV91-0062) granted a variance to reinstate abandoned retail commercial uses in the existing building, and allowed an expansion into a garage bay area and an addition to the building. The applicant currently operates a 1,512 square foot coffee shop on the southern portion of the site as approved by Ordinance #563-93, passed March 29, 1993 (CV93-007) which permitted the change of use from retail use to restaurant use for a coffee/dessert shop. The proposal is to expand north into a 1,572 square foot vacant retail space and provide a 728 square foot outside seating area within the boundaries of the existing nonconforming parking lot. The expansion would require a total of twenty-three (23) parking spaces. Since ten (10) of these parking spaces are for the outside seating area, solely a seasonal use, the parking impact is minimized. The applicant proposes zero (0) parking spaces. Approval of this request will not add a new or incompatible use to the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential district; and 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required; of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 625-627 SOUTH ...
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