Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV17-017
APPLICANT: Charles L. Arida II; c/o Connie J. Klema, Atty.; PO Box 991; Pataskala, OH 43062.
PROPOSED USE: Expand office use.
CLINTONVILLE AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a mixed-use building containing office and residential uses. Ordinance No. 0870-91, passed April 22, 1991 (Council Variance # CV90-1081), permitted the property to be used for specified professional office uses in the R-3, Residential District and capped the office use at 1,600 square feet, a reduction from the 3,700 square feet of office space permitted by the previous Council variance (CV81-062). Now, the applicant proposes to expand the area of the building that will permit office uses to 2,965 square feet. Also included in the request will be variances to reduce the required number of parking spaces required from nine to six due to the increase in allowable office area, and to reduce the parking setback line to conform existing conditions on the site. The site is within the planning area of the Clintonville Neighborhood Plan (2009), which recommends “single-unit residential” uses for this location. However, the Plan also designates West Henderson Road as a primary corridor and notes that mixed-use buildings should be common on said corridors. The mix of uses requested represents an intensification of office uses relative to the existing variance that allows for office uses, but is generally consistent with the intensity allowed prior to 1991 by CV81-062.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.035, R-3 residential district; 3312.27(3), Parking setback line; and 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 26 WEST HENDERSON ROAD (43214), to permit expanded office areas within a mixed-use building with reduced development standards in the R-3, Residential District, a...
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