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Council Variance Application: CV16-074
APPLICANT: The Griff, LLC; c/o Jill S. Tangeman, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Apartment building.
FIFTH BY NORTHWEST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance No. 1696-2017; Z16-075) to the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District to convert an existing extended-stay hotel into a 288-unit apartment building. A variance is necessary because the as-built conditions do not meet the code-required side and rear yard for the AR-1, Apartment Residential District. Staff finds the requested variances to be supportable as they conform as-built conditions and are reflective of variances that are typically requested for new residential urban-infill.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.23, Minimum side yard permitted; and 3333.24, Rear yard; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1234 STEELWOOD ROAD (43212), to permit reduced side and rear yards to reflect as-built conditions of an apartment building in the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District and to declare an emergency (Council Variance # CV16-074).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV16-074, the owner of property at 1234 STEELWOOD ROAD (43212), is requesting a Council variance to permit reduced side and rear yards to reflect as-built conditions of an apartment building in the L-AR-1, Limited Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.23, Minimum side yard permitted, required a side yard of no less than five feet, while the applicant proposes to conform the existing side yard along the north property line of zero feet; and
WHEREAS, Section 3333.24, Rear yard, requires that each dwelling, apartment house, or other principal building shall be erected so as to provide a rea...
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