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Council Variance Application: CV07-025
APPLICANT: Douglas / CBP LLC; c/o Douglas R. Ervin; 1349 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43205.
PROPOSED USE: Dwellings on the ground floor.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant seeks a Council variance to allow ground-floor dwelling units in the C-1, Commercial District. Some buildings may have dwellings on multiple floors and could be entirely residential in nature. The existing C-1, Commercial District zoning is appropriate at this location. By leaving the existing C-1, Commercial District in place, the possibility of ground floor commercial uses at this site mixed with ground floor dwellings is maintained. Such a mixture of uses is appropriate at this location and is supported by the Near East Area Plan (2006). There is no appropriate district in the Zoning Code that the site could be rezoned to that would allow a mixture of commercial and ground floor dwellings, thus the use of a Council variance is appropriate in this case.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3351.03, C-1 Permitted Uses; 3351.05(B), C-1 District Development Limitations; 3351.09, C-1 District Setback Lines; 3342.25, Vision clearance; 3342.28, Minimum Number of Parking Spaces Required; and 3342.29, Minimum number of loading spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes for the property located at 818 EAST MAIN STREET (43205), to permit dwelling units on the ground floor in the C-1, Commercial District with reduced development standards and to declare an emergency. (Council Variance #CV07-025)
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV07-010 the owner of property at 818 EAST MAIN STREET (43205), is requesting a Council Variance to permit dwelling units on the ground floor of proposed buildings in the C-1, Commercial District; ...
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