Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV16-081
APPLICANT: A&E Acquisitions, Inc. (DBA The Find); c/o Joel Yakovac, Agent; Two Miranova Place, Suite 900; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Furniture sales in conjunction with office/warehouse use.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of an existing office/warehouse building zoned in the M-2, Manufacturing District. The applicant is proposing 28,000± square feet of furniture sales in conjunction with office and warehousing uses in one of the building’s tenant spaces. A Council variance is necessary because the M-2, District does not allow retail uses. The site is within the planning area of the Trabue/Roberts Area Plan (2011), which recommends light industrial land uses at this location. Staff supports the retail furniture use because it is in conjunction with the office/warehouse use, and will not add incompatible or intrusive uses into the area.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Sections 3367.01, M-2, manufacturing district; and 3367.15(C)(D), M-2, manufacturing district special provisions, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3635 ZANE TRACE DRIVE (43228), to permit furniture sales with a reduced parking setback line in the M-2, Manufacturing District (Council Variance # CV16-081).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV16-081, the owner of property at 3635 ZANE TRACE DRIVE (43228), is requesting a Council variance to permit furniture sales with a reduced parking setback line in the M-2, Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, 3367.01, M-2, manufacturing district, prohibits retail uses, while the applicant proposes approximately 28,000 square feet of furniture retail in conjunction with a furniture distribution company in an existing tenant space; and
WHEREAS, 3367.15(C)(D), M-2, manufacturing district special provisions, requires that no portion of the required 50-foot buffer shall be used for either off-street parking or maneuvering, wh...
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