Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV15-016
APPLICANT: Amanda Bundy; 41 West Third Avenue; Columbus, Ohio 43201.
PROPOSED USE: Rear two-unit dwelling above a detached garage (carriage house) on a lot developed with a single-unit dwelling.
VICTORIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned in the AR-O, Apartment Office District, and developed with a single-unit dwelling. The requested Council variance will permit the development of a two-unit dwelling above a detached garage (carriage house) on the same lot. A variance is necessary because the AR-O, Apartment Office District allows an apartment house containing five or more dwelling units, and a dwelling containing three or four units, but does not permit two residential buildings on one lot. In addition to the use variance, requested variances include minimum number of parking spaces required, lot coverage, to require no frontage on a public street for the carriage house, maximum and minimum side yard, and required rear yard. Staff finds that the proposal is compatible with the area as there are other carriage houses with similar arrangements within this neighborhood. The request is consistent with recent development trends in historic urban neighborhoods, and building design will conform to the Victorian Village Commission requirements.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.04, AR-O, Apartment Office District; 3312.49, Minimum number of parking spaces required; 3333.15, Basis of computing area; 3333.16, Fronting; 3333.22, Maximum side yard required; 3333.23, Minimum side yard permitted; and 3333.24, Rear yard, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 41 WEST THIRD AVENUE (43201), to permit a rear two-unit dwelling above a detached garage (carriage house) in the AR-O, Apartment Office District (Council Varianc...
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