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Council Variance Application: CV12-059
APPLICANT: Mission Evengelica El Shaddai; c/o Michael E. Jones, Architect; 3D/Group, Inc.; 266 North Fourth Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Church and related accessory uses.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval The site is undeveloped and zoned in the M-1, Manufacturing District. The requested Council variance will allow a church with related accessory uses. The request includes a parking space reduction of 70 required parking spaces due to an outdoor recreational facility that is planned for roughly half of the site. The site is located within the planning area of the Hamilton Road Corridor/Eastland Area Revitalization Plan (2007) which recommends industrial and warehouse uses for this location. While there are some reservations about introducing institutional uses in industrial locations, Staff does not oppose this proposal because of the immediate adjacency of residential uses to the south, and the consequential limit on more objectionable manufacturing activity in the immediate vicinity. In addition, since the M-1 District will be retained, this proposal does not preclude future industrial development from occurring should the church use be discontinued. Staff believes that approval of this request will not introduce an incompatible use to the area, and the proposed institutional use serves as an appropriate transitional use between the residential development to the south and industrial development to the north.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3365.01, M-1, Manufacturing District; and 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 4001 GROVES ROAD (43232), to permit a church with accessory religious uses in the M-1, Manufacturing District (Council Variance # CV12-059).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV12-059, the owner of property at 4001 GROVES ROAD (43232), is requesting a ...
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