Explanation
APPLICANT: Metro Development LLC; c/o Jill S. Tangeman, Atty.; 52 East Gay Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential and extended-stay hotel developments.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning request to the L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential and L-C-4, Limited Commercial Districts (Ordinance # 1410-2018; Z18-004) to amend the existing zoning for multi-unit residential and extended-stay hotel developments. The property is currently subject to Ordinance # 0613-2011 (CV10-041) which permits multi-unit residential development without frontage on a public street. Variances are now requested to carry over the frontage variance in the event the L-AR-12 and L-C-4 subareas are split for financing purposes, and to reduce the perimeter yard on the south property line from 25 feet to 10 feet to accommodate a parking expansion. The Far North Area Plan (2014) recommends that parking should be hidden to the greatest extent possible by locating it to the rear or side of a building and/or with extensive landscaping. Staff finds the requested variances to be supportable because the site is being designed in a manner that mitigates its impact on nearby residential uses. The proposal also remains consistent with the Plan’s recommendation of effectively screening parking, as the existing landscape buffer consisting of mounding and trees will be maintained as installed.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.16, Fronting; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard; of the Columbus City Codes for property located at 104 LAURISTON LANE (43235), to permit reduced development standards for an existing multi-unit residential development and an extended-stay hotel development in the L-AR-12, Limited Apartment Residential District and L-C-4, Limited Commercial District, respectively, and to repeal Or...
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