Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV18-021
APPLICANT: The WODA Group, Inc., c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; Columbus, OH 43215; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #2029-2018; Z18-021) to the AR-1, Apartment Residential District. The subject site is being developed with a senior housing and commercial development, as permitted by Ordinance #0277-2016 (CV15-055). This Council variance will conform the existing conditions of the development on the site as there will be new zoning district requirements after rezoning the property from the C-4 Commercial District and L-P-1, Limiting Parking District. Variances for building height, setbacks, landscaping and screening, vision clearance, and a reduction of 13 required parking spaces are also included in the request. Staff recognizes these variances to be negligible, as the Near East Area Plan (2005) encourages appropriate type and scale of commercial uses for neighborhood commercial development, and this development will contribute to the traditional and established development pattern along East Main Street as reflected in the attached site plan.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.02, AR-12, ARLD and AR-1, apartment residential district use; 3309.14(A), Height districts; 3312.21(D), Landscaping and screening; 3312.49(C), Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.05(B)(2), Vision clearance; 3321.07(A), Landscaping; 3333.18, Building lines; and 3372.604(A), Setback requirements; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1774 EAST MAIN STREET (43205), to permit a mixed-use development with r...
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