Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV14-024
APPLICANT: Habitat for Humanity; c/o Jason Hackworth; 3140 Westerville Road; Columbus, OH 43224.
PROPOSED USE: Single-unit residential development.
NORTHEAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is comprised of three separate lots zoned in the C-4, Commercial District, one of which is developed with a vacant single-unit dwelling to be demolished. The requested Council variance will allow the construction of three new single-unit dwellings. A variance is necessary because dwelling units are permitted only above certain commercial uses in the C-4, Commercial District. This vacant site contains three of fifteen parcels zoned C-4 at the intersection of Genessee and McCooley Avenues. The twelve other C-4 parcels are developed with single-unit dwellings or are vacant, and the entire C-4 District is surrounded by dwellings and residential zoning. Staff finds the current C-4 District zoning to be obsolete, and would like to see this district rezoned as part of a City-sponsored rezoning initiative to an appropriate residential district to accurately reflect the uses of the property. The request is consistent with the land use recommendations of The Northeast Area Plan (2007), which proposes low-density residential uses for this location.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Section 3356.03, C-4 Permitted uses; of the Columbus City codes, for the property located at 1984 GENESSEE AVENUE (43211), to permit three single-unit dwellings in the C-4 Commercial District (CV14-024).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV14-024, the owner of property at 1984 GENESSEE AVENUE (43211), is requesting a Council Variance to permit three single-unit dwellings in the C-4, Commercial District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3356.03, C-4, Permitted uses, does not allow dwelling...
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