Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV12-050
APPLICANT: Weinland Park Properties, LLC; c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 145 East Rich Street, 3rd Floor, Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: To conform three (3) existing dwellings in the C-4, Commercial District, to permit reduced development standards for proposed parking lots and to conform development standards for existing dwellings and apartment buildings in the AR-4, Apartment Residential District.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISISON RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Applicant proposes to rehabilitate 23 vacant, boarded residential buildings on the north and south side of East 11th Avenue between North Fourth Street and Grant Avenue for market rate housing. There is no change in the existing number of dwelling units. In conjunction with the building rehabilitation, applicant proposes to build new parking lots behind the buildings, accessed from public alleys to replace existing inadequate parking areas. The development project is a major investment in the E. 11th Avenue corridor which is identified as a redevelopment site in the Weinland Park Neighborhood Plan (2006) to create a new "Front Door" to the neighborhood. Because the site is in the New Indianola Historic District, buildings will be preserved with the building interiors brought up to current code requirements with the rehabilitation of all the buildings. Variances are included to conform existing conditions to current code requirements and also technical variances related to the design of parking across internal property lines for more efficient layout, while the intent of the code is maintained.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4 Permitted Uses; 3333.12, AR-1 and AR-4 Area District Requirements; 3332.14, R-2F Area District Requirements; 3333.09, Area Requirements; 3333.22, Maximum Side Yard Required; 3...
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