Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV14-001
APPLICANT: Metropolitan Holdings LLC; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460, Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Two, three, and four-unit dwelling development with reduced standards.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is vacant and zoned AR-1, Apartment Residential District, and is subject to Ordinance Numbers 1704-2013 and 1845-2013 (CV13-007 and CV13-015) which permit a configuration of two dwellings per lot for eight separate lots (one three-unit dwelling and 14 two-unit dwellings), for a total of 33 dwellings, with a ninth lot being reserved for open space. This application will repeal the existing ordinances and replace the approved site plan for the south side of Chesapeake Avenue to allow three four-unit dwellings and six two-unit dwellings on one lot (Subarea A), while carrying over the current site plan on the north side of Chesapeake Avenue for one three-unit dwelling and three two-unit dwellings on two lots and retaining the open space lot (Subarea B). The total number of dwellings will remain 33. A variance is necessary because the AR-1 District does not permit two-unit dwellings, nor does it permit two dwelling units on one lot. Variances for parking lot screening, maneuvering, vision clearance, fronting, building setbacks, and for reductions to lot width, side yard, rear yard, and perimeter yard are also included in the request. The site is located within the planning area of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009), which supports carriage house development if it abides by the Plan’s density and design considerations. Staff finds that the proposal meets the Plan’s considerations, and believes that it will not add incompatible uses to the area since there have been variances already...
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