Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV12-037
APPLICANT: OSU Properties, LLC; c/o Donald Plank, Plank Law Firm; 145 East Rich St., 3rd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: First-floor residential use.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is currently developed with a mixed-use building with six second-story apartments and an attached two-unit townhouse in the C-4, Commercial District. The requested Council variance will permit the three first-floor commercial tenant spaces to be converted to three residential units, and will conform the two townhouse units, allowing a total of eleven apartment units (five on the first floor and six on the second floor). A Council variance is necessary because dwellings are only permitted above specified commercial uses in the C-4, Commercial District. The site lies within the boundaries of the University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan (1996), which recommends community commercial uses for this location. The Zoning Staff supports the proposed use because the majority of the properties within the C-4 District in this area are used for residential purposes, and since the request will not change the zoning designation, commercial development is not prohibited. The request will not add incompatible uses to the neighborhood.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3356.03, C-4 Permitted Uses of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 1277 FORSYTHE AVENUE (43201), to permit first-floor residential use in the C-4, Commercial District (Council Variance # CV12-037).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV12-037, the owner of property at 1277 FORSYTHE AVENUE (43201), is requesting a Council Variance to permit three first-floor commercial spaces to be converted into three dwelling units, and will conform an existing two...
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