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Council Variance Application: CV16-082
APPLICANT: Terry O’Keefe; c/o Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 423 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Three single-unit dwellings on one lot.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one lot developed with a two-unit dwelling zoned in the R-4, Residential District. The requested Council variance proposes to remove the existing two-unit dwelling and construct three new 1,800 square-foot single-unit dwellings with attached two-car garages. A variance is necessary because the R-4, Residential District allows a maximum of four units in one dwelling, but does not permit three separate dwellings on one lot. In addition to the use variance, variances for reduced vision clearance and building lines are also included in the request. The site is within the planning area of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009), which recommends single- or two-unit dwellings for this location. Since the R-4 district permits up to four units, staff has no objections to three separate single-unit dwellings on this lot. The requested variance is consistent with the land use recommendation of the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan, and will allow development that is characteristic of urban Columbus neighborhoods.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.039, R-4, Residential District; 3321.05(A)(2) and (B)(2), Vision clearance; and 3332.21(C) and (D), Building lines, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 1474 FAIRVIEW AVENUE (43212), to permit three single-unit dwellings on one lot with reduced development standards in the R-4, Residential District (Council Variance # CV16-082) and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, by application # CV16-082, the owner of the property at 1474 FAIRVIE...
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