City of Columbus - File #: 1651-2013

• File #: 1651-2013
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/24/2013
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 7/15/2013
• Final action: 7/18/2013
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential district; and 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 739 SOUTH THIRD STREET (43206), to permit an eating and drinking establishment and general office uses with reduced parking in the R-2F, Residential District (Council Variance # CV13-021).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/18/2013	2	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/16/2013	2	MAYOR	Signed
7/15/2013	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/15/2013	1	Zoning Committee	Waive the 2nd Reading	Pass
7/15/2013	1	Zoning Committee	Amended as submitted to the Clerk	Pass
7/15/2013	1	Zoning Committee	Approved as Amended	Pass

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV13-021

APPLICANT: American Blue Ribbon Holdings LLC; c/o Scott Draughn, Architect; Creative Architectural Solutions; 355 South Ludlow Street; Columbus, OH 43215.

PROPOSED USE: Mixed-commercial building with apartments general office uses above along with a single-unit dwelling on one lot an existing eating and drinking establishment.

GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The property is zoned R-2F, Residential District, and is developed with a eating and drinking establishment on the first floor, and a total of four apartments on the second and third floors. The requested Council variance will conform the existing eating and drinking establishment, and will allow the conversion of the apartments into corporate office space for the eating and drinking establishment. A variance to maintain zero parking spaces is included in the request. The main impact of this development would be on parking in the neighborhood, and the conversion from residential to general office creates the need for a minimum of four parking spaces. Because the offices will be used predominantly during the day, and the apartment residents utilize on-street parking mainly on nights and weekends, the proposed conversion may actually alleviate on-street parking for neighborhood residents and business patrons. The Department of Public Service Division of Planning and Operations supports the parking variance, and it should be noted that two previous Board of Zoning Adjustment actions (SP83-189 and V86-1027) resulted in fourteen parking spaces being varied.

Title

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, Residential district; and 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 739 SOUTH THIRD STREET (43206), to pe...