Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV15-058
APPLICANT: Burwell Investments LLC; c/o David Hodge, Atty.; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Disapproval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is zoned in the C-4, Commercial District within the Urban Commercial Overlay, and is developed with an automobile repair facility. The requested Council variance will allow the construction of a three-story mixed-use building consisting of 4,000± square feet of commercial space on the first floor with 13 apartment units on the second and third floor; and a three-story, 20-unit apartment building. Variances for increased building height, reduced parking, reduced vision clearance, reduced parking lot landscaping, and reduced building setbacks are included in the request. The variances are supportable due to the difficulties of infill development on a lot of this size, the urban character of the location that encourages walkability, and reduced setbacks of surrounding development in conjunction with the Urban Commercial Overlay. The site is located within the planning area of the University District Plan (2015), which recommends neighborhood-scale mixed uses for this location. The site is located directly north of a site that received a Council variance to allow a similar multi-story predominantly residential project in the C-4, Commercial District (Ordinance No. 1518-2015; CV14-058). This proposal will permit a multi-story mixed-use development that is consistent with the land use recommendations of the University District Plan and the development pattern in 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; 3312.21(A) Landscaping and screening; 3312.49 Minimum n...
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