Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV18-103
APPLICANT: Brothers Drake LTD; c/o Matthew Althouse, Agent; R E D Architects and Planning; 174 East Long Street; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Meadery and night club.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a multi-tenant building containing a fitness facility and a meadery zoned in the C-3, Commercial District. The meadery use was approved by Ordinance #1741-2010 (CV10-037). The requested Council variance will retain the meadery use, and will permit the tasting room and adjacent gallery space within the meadery (approximately 1,155 square feet) to be used as a night club which hosts regularly-scheduled live entertainment. The request carries over previously-approved parking variances from CV10-037 and Board of Zoning Adjustment variances (BZA16-006 and BZA09310-00200), and proposes one parking space, a reduction of ten required spaces. A variance to reduce distance separation requirements for the meadery from residentially-zoned property is also included to permit continued production for off-site distribution. The site is within the planning area of the University Area Plan (2015), which recommends “Neighborhood Mixed Use” at this location. The site is also within the Neighborhood Commercial subarea of the University District Zoning Overlay. The request remains consistent with the land use recommendations of the University Area Plan, and includes a condition prohibiting outdoor amplification in order to mitigate potential conflicts with residential uses in the vicinity.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3355.03, C-3 permitted uses; 3311.28(b), Requirements; and 3312.49(C), Minimum numbers of parking spaces required, of the Columbus City Codes, for the property located at 26 EAST FIFTH AVENUE (43201), to permit a...
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