Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV00-052
APPLICANT: David Gordon c/o Fred J. Simon, 75 East Wilson Bridge Road, Worthington, Ohio (43085).
PROPOSED USE: A rooming house.
GREATER HILLTOP AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. This variance will permit a rooming house and two apartments as the principal use of a property formerly used for commercial and apartment uses. A Council variance is necessary in that a rooming house and apartments are residential and only only permitted above commercial store rooms in the C-4, Commercial District. The existing building was formerly a medical office on the first floor, residential use on the second and code parking spaces in an open garage area below the building. The immediate block includes a mix of residential uses in combination with medical, legal offices and a large social service agency. Curbcuts on West Mound Street and an alleyway to the north provide access to the property and a number of garage spaces which satisfies the regulations for parking. A hardship exists in that the code has no provision for ground floor residential use in the C-4, Commercial District for a property on a block with a uniform commercial zoning pattern unlikely to support a residential rezoning.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3355.02 C-4, Commercial District; for the property located at 1630 West Mound Street (43223), to permit two
apartments and a rooming house in the C-4, Commercial District. (Council Variance # CV00-052)
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV00-052, the owner of property at 1630 West Mound Street (43223), is requesting a Council Variance to permit two apartments and a rooming house in the C-4, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3355.02 C-4, Commercial District, allows for apartments above commercial storerooms, while the applicant in...
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