Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV15-077
APPLICANT: Bud Vetter; 70 Park Avenue West; Mansfield, OH 44902.
PROPOSED USE: One 8-unit apartment building and one 6-unit apartment building on the same lot.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is comprised of two parcels, one of which is currently developed with a non-conforming 8-unit apartment building fronting West Second Avenue in the R-4, Residential District. The other lot is undeveloped fronting Pennsylvania Avenue, and zoned in the R-2F, Residential District. The requested variance proposes combination of the two lots, will conform the existing 8-unit apartment building, and will permit the construction of a six-unit apartment building on the same lot. Other variances are included for required number of parking spaces, required vision clearance triangle, R-2F and R-4 area district requirements, and minimum side yards. This site is within the planning area of the Harrison West Plan (2005), which recommends single- and two-unit dwellings for this location. The Plan further recommends that new development and/or redevelopment should be consistent in character and scale with the existing single- and two-unit dwellings in the area, and comply with parking code requirements. Staff supports deviation from the Plan’s land use recommendations because the proposal will not add incompatible uses to the area as it will preserve the existing 8-unit apartment building, and the proposed 6-unit apartment building’s design is consistent with the scale of the residential development in the area and will not detract from the character of the neighborhood. Furthermore, the existing 8-unit apartment building has no off-street parking and this proposal includes one parking space per dwelling unit, which will reduce on-street parking demands in the neighborhood. The request is consistent with the recent infill development pattern in historic urban neighborhoods.
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