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Council Variance Application: CV18-055
APPLICANT: Marous Brothers Construction; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, First Floor; Columbus, OH 43215, and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Heavy equipment sales / service facility.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #3060-2018; Z18-040) to the L-M, Manufacturing District to permit the expansion of an existing heavy equipment sales / service facility. The requested Council variance is necessary to allow gravel surfaces for driveways, aisles, and circulation areas, to reduce the parking setback along Hilliard Rome Road East, and to reduce open storage setbacks on the site. A site plan commitment is included that addresses landscaping and buffering along Hilliard Rome Road East to the west and Trabue Road to the north, as well as along the adjoining properties to the north. Staff is supportive of the reduced development standards as this is an existing development that is comparable to those on adjacent properties, and it includes adequate buffering and landscaping provisions.
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To grant a variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.27, Parking setback line; 3312.43, Required surface for parking; and 3363.41(a), Storage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 5240 WALCUTT COURT (43228), to permit reduced development standards for an industrial development in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District (Council Variance #CV18-055) and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, by application #CV18-055, the owner of property at 5240 WALCUTT COURT (43228), is requesting a Council variance to permit reduced development standards for an industrial development in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District; and
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