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Council Variance Application # CV13-001
APPLICANT: The Brian Muha Foundation, Inc.; c/o Edward T. McClellan, Atty; 880 Mendes Court; Columbus, OH 43235.
PROPOSED USE: Youth and family services center.
GREATER HILLTOP AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a former elementary school zoned in the R-4, Residential District, and a parking lot zoned in the RR, Rural Residential District. The requested Council Variance will allow the conversion of the school into a youth and family services center which will offer counseling, educational, financial, and recreational services to pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 neighborhood youths and their families. The site is located within the planning area of The Greater Hilltop Plan Amendment (2010), which recommends institutional uses for this location. The site is adjacent to Hiltonia Park, and within close proximity of schools and other institutional uses. The request is consistent with the land-use recommendation of The Greater Hilltop Plan Amendment, and with the development pattern of the area. Variances that were granted by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in 1968 (V68-008), which approved reductions to building lines and the required number of parking spaces, will remain in effect.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.029, RR, Rural Residential District; and 3332.039, R-4, Residential District; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 880 SOUTH WAYNE AVENUE (43204), to permit a youth educational center and parking lot in the RR, Rural Residential, and R-4, Residential Districts and to declare an emergency(Council Variance # CV13-001).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV13-001, the owner of property 880 SOUTH WAYNE AVENUE (43204), is requesting a Variance to permit a youth and family services center and parking lot in the RR, Rural Residential, and R-4, Residential Districts; an...
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