Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV14-061
APPLICANT: Tricia Wheeler and Sarah Lagrotteria; c/o Kimberly Mikanik, Architect; 1116 West Second Avenue; Columbus, OH 43214.
PROPOSED USE: Educational kitchen and floral design studio with limited retail and café areas.
CLINTONVILLE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned in the R-3, Residential District, and is developed with a former single-unit dwelling that has been converted to a religious facility. This site and the parcel to the north, across Acton Road, were the subject of Council variance CV09-021 (Ordinance #1658-2009, passed September 13, 2010) which permits office uses in the existing structures. The religious facility no longer occupies the building, and the applicant proposes this Council variance to permit cooking classes and floral design classes with accessory retail sales, a small café, and a 380 square foot addition to the building as reflected on the attached site plan. Variances are included for the parking setback and related landscaping and headlight screening, and the building setback and rear yard, to reflect existing conditions. A parking space reduction variance from 15 spaces to 12 spaces is also requested. The site lies within the Green District of the Clintonville Neighborhood Plan (2009) which recommends preservation of the existing mixed-use nature of the area with office, institutional, and mixed residential uses. Although this proposal includes a small café and limited retail sales, those uses are accessory and incidental to the primary proposed use which is an educational kitchen and an educational floral design studio. Staff recognizes this proposal as consistent with the land use recommendations of the area plan and believes that the reduction of three parking spaces is negligible. CV09-021 remains in effect for the parcel nor...
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