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Council Variance Application # CV16-041
APPLICANT: Metro Development, LLC; c/o Deanna R. Cook, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Reduced building setback line for an apartment complex.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance No. 3322-2016, Z16-033) to the L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential District, for the development of a 56-unit apartment complex. The applicant is requesting a variance to reduce the required building setback lines from 60 feet along North Wilson Road and 50 feet along Trabue Road to 30 feet. The variance is supported due to the committed site design in the rezoning which proposes approximately 39% of open space and tree preservation on the site, and brings buildings closer to the street with parking located in the interior. The reduced building setback lines are not out of character with the existing setback pattern along these street frontages, and provide a greater capacity to preserve trees and provide substantial buffering to the adjacent single-unit residential development.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Section 3333.18, Building lines, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 1648 NORTH WILSON ROAD (43204), to permit reduced building setback lines for an apartment complex in the L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential District (Council Variance # CV16-041) and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, by application # CV16-041, the owner of property at 1648 NORTH WILSON ROAD (43204), is requesting a Council variance to permit reduced building setback lines for an apartment complex in the L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.18, Building lines, requires building setback lines of 60 feet along North Wilson Road and 50 feet along Trabue Road, while the applicant proposes a setback...
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