City of Columbus - File #: 1490-2015

• File #: 1490-2015
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/29/2015
• In control: Zoning Committee
• On agenda: 6/22/2015
• Final action: 6/24/2015
• Title: To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, Residential District use; 3312.21, Landscaping and screening; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.29, Parking space; 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.01, Dumpster area; 3332.05, Area district lot width requirements; 3332.15, R-4 area district requirements; 3332.19, Fronting on a public street; 3332.21(B), Building lines; 3332.25, Maximum side yards required; 3332.26, Minimum side yard permitted; 3332.27, Rear yard; and 3332.28, Side or rear yard obstruction, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1499 ELMWOOD AVENUE (43212), to permit two separate dwellings on the same lot for four contiguous lots with reduced development standards in the R-4, Residential District, and to repeal Ordinance No. 0321-2014, passed on March 3, 2014 and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV15-011).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2015	2	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/24/2015	2	MAYOR	Signed
6/22/2015	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/22/2015	1	Zoning Committee	Amended to Emergency	Pass
6/22/2015	1	Zoning Committee	Approved as Amended	Pass
6/15/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

Council Variance Application: CV15-011

APPLICANT: Jason S. Dodgion; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; Smith & Hale, LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460, Columbus, OH 43215.

PROPOSED USE: Single- and two-unit dwelling and carriage house development.

FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.

CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of two lots each developed with a single-unit dwelling and two undeveloped lots, all zoned in the R-4, Residential District. The site is subject to Ordinance # 0321-2014 (CV13-010), passed on March 3, 2014, which had a specific site plan commitment for a project that retains the existing single-unit dwellings, and allows construction of two single-unit carriage houses behind the existing dwellings, and two new two-unit dwellings on the two undeveloped lots, each with a new one-unit carriage house in the rear. This request is for the same uses/configuration, but with a different site plan. Variances for maneuvering, aisles, parking lot landscaping, stacked parking spaces, reduced parking, lot width, frontage on a public street, building lines, minimum side yard, maximum side yard, and rear yard are included in the request. Staff has no objections to the proposed development because this request allows the same dwelling and carriage house configuration that was previously approved, but reflects lower residential structure height and provides for more open space.

Title

To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, Residential District use; 3312.21, Landscaping and screening; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.29, Parking space; 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.01, Dumpster area; 3332.05, Area district lot width requirements; 3332.15, R-4 area district requirements; 3332.19, Fronting on a public street; 3332.21(B), Building lines; 3332.25, Maximum side yards req...