Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV13-015
APPLICANT: Guy Williams; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown & David L. Hodge, Attys.; Smith and Hale; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 725; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Concurrent Council variance with Rezoning Z13-021 to reduce development standards for proposed multiple-unit dwellings.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant requests this Council Variance concurrent with rezoning Z13-021 in order to request reduced development standards on the proposed development. Given the presence of the daycare center to the north, the AR-3, Apartment Residential zoning to the south, the applicant's ownership of the property to the east and the multi-unit building one parcel to the west, Staff finds the proposed use and zoning compatible with the zoning pattern and development pattern of the area. The existing single-unit dwelling to the west on the north side of Chesapeake Avenue will abut a park, so Staff finds no compatibility issue with that. Furthermore, Staff finds the proposed use to be compatible with the recommendation of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009). Staff views the variances to allow two or three buildings on a lot and the variance to permit dwellings without frontage on a public street as technicalities which will have no negative effect on the development or the surrounding area. The proposed building line reduction is in keeping with similar variances already granted elsewhere to the applicant along Chesapeake Avenue. Staff also supports the side yard variances since the neighbors have submitted a letter stating they approve of said variances and the other side yards would be adjacent to the applicant's properties. The driveway width and parking variances are negligible and the loss of green space is being offset by the applicant setting aside a lot directly west of this site on the north side of Chesapeake Aven...
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