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Council Variance Application: CV17-085
APPLICANT: U-Haul Company of Ohio, Inc.; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; Dave Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, First Floor; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Limited commercial and manufacturing uses.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance # 1783-2018; Z17-059) to the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District to redevelop a vacant hotel with limited commercial and less-objectionable manufacturing uses. The applicant is requesting variances to interior landscaping, parking setback line and minimum number of loading spaces required. These reduced development standards reflect existing conditions of the site and are therefore supportable by Staff.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.21(A), Landscaping and screening; 3312.27, Parking setback line; and 3312.53, Minimum number of loading spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 4900 SINCLAIR ROAD (43229), to permit reduced development standards in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District (Council Variance # CV17-085).
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WHEREAS, by application # CV17-085, the owner of property at 4900 SINCLAIR ROAD (43229), is requesting a Council variance to permit reduced development standards concurrent with a rezoning request to the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.21(A), Landscaping and screening, requires the interior of any parking lot containing ten or more parking spaces to provide one shade tree per ten spaces, while the applicant is improving an existing parking lot requiring 29 shade trees and providing only 8 shade trees, as shown on the site plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.27, Parking setback line, requires a twenty-five foot parking setback line in the...
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