City of Columbus - File #: 0800-2015

• File #: 0800-2015
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/12/2015
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 3/30/2015
• Final action: 4/2/2015
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.035, AR-4 apartment residential district use; 3356.03, C-4, Permitted uses; 3312.13(B), Driveway; 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3333.15(C), Basis of computing area; 3333.22, Maximum side yard required; 3333.24, Rear yard; 3372.562(A),(B), Landscaped area and treatment; 3372.563, Maximum lot coverage; 3372.564(A), Parking; 3372.565, Building line; 3372.566(C), Building separation and size; 3372.567, Maximum floor area; 3372.568(B), Height; and 3372.605(D), Building design standards, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 10 AND 40 WEST NINTH AVENUE (43201), to allow a mixed-use development with reduced development standards in the AR-4, Apartment Residential and C-4, Commercial Districts and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV14-065).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/2/2015	2	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
4/1/2015	2	MAYOR	Signed
3/30/2015	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/30/2015	1	Zoning Committee	Amended to Emergency	Pass
3/30/2015	1	Zoning Committee	Approved as Amended	Pass
3/23/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV14-065

APPLICANT: Buckeye Real Estate; c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 145 East Rich Street, 3rd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.

PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development with ground-floor residential uses in the C-4 District, and commercial parking in the AR-4 District, with reduced development standards.

UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

UNIVERSITY AREA REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is separated into two development subareas. 10 West Ninth Avenue is located within the Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO), and is developed with a three-story apartment building fronting North High Street, and a six-unit apartment building fronting West Ninth Avenue, and is zoned in the C-4 Commercial District. 40 West Ninth Avenue is located within the University Impact District, and is developed with apartment buildings zoned in the AR-4, Apartment Residential District. The requested Council variance proposes to connect the buildings, and provide 5,600 square feet of office space and ground floor residential units on the first floor with a total of eighteen (18) apartment units at 10 West Ninth Avenue, and will allow redevelopment of 40 West Ninth Avenue with a three-story, eighteen-unit apartment building with attached parking garage. The variance also allows parking for the 10 West Ninth Avenue site to be provided on the 40 West Ninth Avenue site. Variances to driveway width, minimum number of parking spaces, AR-4 yard standards, University Planning Overlay standards, and UCO window glass requirements are included in the request. The site is within the planning area of the University District Plan (2015), which recommends regional commercial and higher density residential uses for this location. The eastern part of the site is also within the boundaries of the University/H...