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Council Variance Application: CV14-064
APPLICANT: Buckeye Real Estate, c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm, 145 East Rich Street, Third Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: A two-unit dwelling with a total of eight bedrooms.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
UNIVERSITY AREA REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. Although originally designed as a dwelling, the property was rezoned to the C-2, Commercial District, in 1956 for office use and was used as a medical office and rooming house until 1997, when a Council variance Ord. No. 877-97 (CV97-008) was granted to permit ground floor residential uses in the C-2, Commercial District. Under that variance, only seven tenants are permitted in a two-unit dwelling, whereas the applicant proposes to build an addition to one of the units in order to accommodate an eighth tenant. The property abuts multi-unit residential uses to the east, across Lane Avenue to the north, and across the alley to the south. Residential use of this property remains compatible with the established residential pattern located east of Pearl Alley, and is consistent with the land use recommendations of the University District Plan (2015), which recommends low-density residential uses at this location. No recommendation is being made regarding the hardship aspects of this request.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3353.03, Permitted uses, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 31 EAST LANE AVENUE, to permit a two-unit dwelling with a total of eight bedrooms in the C-2, Commercial District, and to repeal Ordinance No. 877-97, passed on April 21, 1997 and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV14-064).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV14-064, the owner of property at 31 EAST LANE AVENUE (43201), is requesting a Council variance to allow an eigh...
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