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Council Variance Application: CV15-054
APPLICANT: Bellhigh, LLC; c/o Michael T. Shannon, Atty.; 500 South Front Street, Suite 1200; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
UNIVERSITY AREA REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned in the C-4, Commercial District and is developed with a restaurant. The requested Council variance will allow the construction of a mixed-use development with 7,150± square feet of office, retail, and restaurant space, and 95 apartment units. The request includes variances to permit approximately 1,000± square feet of ground floor residential accessory uses and an increased building height of seventy-two (72) feet, exclusive of decorative cornices and rooftop-mounted mechanical equipment. The site is located in the vicinity of several sites that received Council variances to allow similar multi-story predominantly residential projects in the C-4, Commercial District. This proposal will permit a multi-story mixed-use development that is consistent with the land use recommendations of the University Area Plan and the development pattern and historic character of the surrounding neighborhood.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4, Permitted uses; 3309.14, Height district; and 3312.49(B) and(C), Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1525 NORTH HIGH STREET (43201), to permit a mixed-use development with reduced development standards in the C-4, Commercial District and to declare an emergency(CV15-054).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV15-054, the owner of property at 1525 NORTH HIGH STREET (43201), is requesting a Variance to permit a mixed-use development with reduced development standards...
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