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APPLICANT: Liberty Place, LLC; c/o Donald Plank, Atty; Plank and Brahm; 145 East Rich Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-family Development.
BREWERY DISTRICT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant is requesting a Council variance to modify an approved site plan. The previously approved Council variances committed to specific site plans which can no longer be complied with because the State of Ohio recently took 0.84 acres of the site as right-of-way along Interstate 70. Those Council variances allowed 314 dwelling units. The applicant wishes to add 33 additional dwelling units which Staff has found would not cause a negative impact. The site is located within the boundaries of the Brewery District Plan (1993).
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3363.01, M-Manufacturing district; 3342.18, Parking setback line; 3342.25, Vision clearance; 3342.28, Minimum number of parking spaces required, and 3363.24, Building lines, of the Columbus City Codes for property located at 204 LIBERTY STREET (43215), being 7.65± acres located at the intersection of Short Street and Liberty Street, to permit 347 dwelling units with reduced development standards in the M, Manufacturing District.
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV07-046, the owner of property at 204 LIBERTY STREET (43215), is requesting a Council variance to permit multi-family dwellings in the M, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3363.01, M-Manufacturing districts, prohibits multi-family residential development, while the applicant proposes a total of 347 multi-family dwelling units; and
WHEREAS, Section 3342.18, Parking setback line, requires parking to be setback a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet, while the applicant proposes a parking setback of two (2) feet from the retaining wall to be buil...
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