Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV16-018
APPLICANT: Edwards Communities Development Company; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; Smith and Hale LLC; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Self-storage facility and multi-unit residential development.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance No. 3112-2016; Z16-016) to the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District to allow a 550-unit apartment development comprised of five subareas. One of the subareas is proposed as a self-storage facility which will serve the growing population in this area. A variance is necessary because the AR-1, Apartment Residential District does not permit self-storage or the vehicular access for this use and adjacent commercial districts. Furthermore, the applicant requests variances for no frontage on a public street if the Avery Road frontage is split from the subject site, to reduce the building line along Avery Road to accommodate parking lot prohibitions, to reduce side and rear yard requirements for the proposed self-storage facility, and to eliminate internal perimeter yards. Staff finds the requested variances to be supportable as they will allow a multi-unit residential development with desirable site design elements as they apply to connectivity, building orientation to streets, placement of parking, and incorporation of civic spaces that were negotiated with Rezoning Application No. Z16-016. Staff supports the proposed self-storage facility which will have low traffic counts, and will be compatible with the adjacent residential and commercial uses with the proposed screening, landscaping, and elevation drawings that are incorporated into this request.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.02, AR-12, ARLD, and AR-1, apartment residential district use; 3312.21(B)(3), Landscapin...
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