Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV16-026
APPLICANT: Automotivezone, Inc.; c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; 145 East Rich Street, 3rd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Retail automotive parts store with distribution facility.
GREATER HILLTOP AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a former automotive parts store and service facility in the C-4, Commercial District. The requested Council variance will permit the establishment of a new retail automotive parts store with an on-site distribution facility, and will conform the site’s setbacks that were reduced by a right-of-way dedication. The applicant proposes a retail automotive parts store in the existing building which is permitted in the C-4, Commercial District, but also plans a distribution facility to serve nearby stores which is classified as an M, Manufacturing use. Variances needed due to the right-of-way dedication include reductions to landscaping and screening requirements and the parking setback line. The site is located within the planning area of The Greater Hilltop Plan Amendment (2010), which recommends Regional Mixed Use for the site. The requested use is consistent with the development pattern of this section of the West Broad Street Corridor, which includes mostly C-4 commercial uses and some industrial uses. Staff is in support of the request to allow storage and distribution of automotive parts in the existing building in association with a retail automotive parts store, with the condition that parking lot screening be provided to mitigate any impacts of the distribution component parking/loading areas on the commercial corridor.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3356.03, C-4 permitted uses; 3312.21(D)(1), Landscaping and screening; and 3312.27, Parking setback line, of the Columbus City Codes...
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