Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV18-058
APPLICANT: Verge Developments LLC; c/o Donald T. Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, Second Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
UNIVERSITY AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Incomplete.
UNIVERSITY IMPACT DISTRICT REVIEW BOARD RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a vacant commercial building, an office building, and a four-unit dwelling in the C-4, Commercial district, and a single-unit dwelling in the R-2F, Residential district. In the C-4, Commercial district, the four-unit dwelling will be retained, and the proposed development will consist of mixed-use building containing 27 dwelling units, 1,818 square feet of retail space, 1,879 square feet of office space, and 605 square feet of accessory residential space. In the R-2F, Residential district, the proposed development will consist of a two-unit dwelling. The requested Council variance will permit accessory residential uses and the existing four-unit dwelling in the C-4, Commercial district, and will allow two parking spaces to be located within the R-2F parcel which will serve the uses in the C-4 parcel. The site is located within the boundaries of the University Area Plan (2015), which recommends “Lower Intensity Residential” and “Neighborhood Mixed Use” land uses at this location. This proposal will permit multi-story mixed-use development that is consistent with the Plan recommendations and with the recent development pattern along this corridor.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F residential district; 3356.03, C-4 permitted uses; and 3312.03(D), Administrative requirements, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 2486 NORTH HIGH STREET (43202), to permit a mixed-use development with reduced development standards in the C-4, Commercial and R-2F, Residential districts (Council Va...
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