Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV20-047
APPLICANT: Juliet Bullock, Architect; 1182 Wyandotte Road; Columbus, OH 43212.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial uses, apartments, and a single-unit dwelling on one lot.
GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The property is zoned R-2F, Residential District, and is subject to Ordinance #1603-2012 (CV12-029) which permitted an accessory eating and drinking establishment in conjunction with a retail wine shop, and conformed a laundromat, three second-story apartments, and a separate single-unit dwelling on the rear of the property. The requested Council variance will allow the conversion of laundromat space into additional retail space for the wine shop (approximately 1,360 square feet). Variances for all other existing uses, vision clearance, setbacks, yard standards, and a parking space reduction from 20 to zero spaces are carried over in this request. Maintaining the site’s mixed commercial and residential uses is consistent with the development pattern of the area. Because the laundromat and retail uses are assessed the same parking requirement, there is no additional parking required for this conversion, and the owner of the property also owns an eighteen-space parking lot on the adjacent parcel to the north for use by commercial patrons, which further reduces the parking impacts. Conditions on hours of operation that were included in Ordinance #1603-2012 are carried over into this request. Staff notes that hours of operation restrictions cannot be effectively enforced and recommends that they be part of a Good Neighbor Agreement instead.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3332.037, R-2F, residential district; 3312.49 Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.05(B)(2), Vision clearance; 3332.14, R-2F area district requirements; 3332.18(D), Basis...
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