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Council Variance Application: CV17-068
APPLICANT: Avenue Partners, LLC; c/o Jeffrey L. Brown, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
ITALIAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The 4.2± acre site is developed with industrial warehouse buildings in the M, Manufacturing District. The requested Council variance will permit a multi-unit residential development containing up to 196 dwelling units arranged in five buildings. The request includes variances to reduce the required building and parking setbacks along East Second Avenue. The site is within the boundaries of the Italian Village East Redevelopment Plan (2000), which recommends manufacturing land uses at this location. However, City staff recognizes that the current market conditions and trends in the area support multi-unit residential development and that the proposed development is consistent with similar recent and ongoing residential urban infill projects. The proposed setbacks are supportable because they allow the buildings to be positioned closer to the street thereby complementing the residential building pattern along East Second Avenue. Staff‘s support of this request is conditioned on the applicant rezoning the site to an appropriate apartment residential district within one year of the effective date of this ordinance.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3363.01, M-manufacturing districts; 3312.27, Parking setback line; and 3363.24, Building lines in an M-manufacturing district, of the Columbus City codes; for the property located at 324 EAST SECOND AVENUE (43201), to permit a multi-unit residential development with reduced setbacks in the M, Manufacturing District (Council Variance # CV17-068) and to declare an emergency. (REPEALED BY ORD. 2885-2019; PASSED 11/18/2019).
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WHEREAS, by application No. CV17-068...
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