Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV15-028
APPLICANT: Eric D. Martineau; 22 East Fourth Avenue, Suite 1A; Columbus, Ohio, 43201.
PROPOSED USE: Wholesale bakery and café with retail.
CLINTONVILLE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is comprised of two commercial buildings containing a total of three (3) tenant spaces. The site is zoned in the C-4, Commercial District, is located within the Urban Commercial Overlay (UCO), and within the planning area of the Clintonville Area Plan (2009), which recommends mixed uses for this location. The requested Council variance will permit a 559 square-foot tenant space to be occupied with a wholesale bakery in conjunction with an adjacent 678 square foot café, while retaining 1,569 square feet of retail space. A Council variance is necessary because a wholesale bakery is an M, Manufacturing District use and is not permitted in the C-4, Commercial District. The applicant also requests variances to reduce the required number of parking spaces to six (6) spaces from fifteen (15), and to conform an existing driveway width and gravel parking area. Staff supports the request noting that a 559 square foot wholesale bakery is not likely to be any more intense than a retail bakery which is permitted. The requested variances are supportable because they conform existing conditions and the parking reduction is supported by the Department of Public Service.
Title
To grant a variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4 Permitted uses; 3312.13(B), Driveway; 3312.39, Striping and marking; 3312.43, Required surface for parking; and 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 3333 NORTH HIGH STREET (43202), to permit a wholesale bakery in conjunction with café and retail uses with reduced development standards in the C-4, Commercial District and to declare an emergency (CV15-028).
...
Click here for full text