Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV18-042
APPLICANT: Buckeye Real Estate; 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: Mixed-residential development.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
UNIVERSITY IMPACT DISTRICT REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of five parcels developed with three two-unit dwellings and two four-unit dwellings in the AR-4, Apartment Residential District. The applicant is proposing to combine the five parcels into one parcel, retaining the three two-unit dwellings, converting the two four-unit dwellings into three-unit dwellings, and constructing one eight-unit apartment building along the south side of the property for a total of 20 dwelling units on one lot. A Council variance is necessary because the AR-4 district does not allow two-unit dwellings on a lot that was not separately owned and of record on January 14, 1959. Variances to parking requirements, lot coverage, parking lot area, building separation and size, maximum floor area ratio (FAR), fronting, and perimeter yard are included in this request. The site is within the boundaries of the University District Plan (2015), which recommends “higher-intensity residential” land uses at this location. The site is also within the boundaries of the University Impact District Review Board. While providing a higher maximum floor area ratio (FAR) than permitted at 0.87, the request preserves and enhances the unique design characteristics of the existing residences along East Eleventh Avenue, and is consistent with development pattern along this corridor.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.035, AR-4 apartment residential district use;...
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