Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV21-035
APPLICANT: Tiki Botanicals, LLC c/o Michael Shannon, Atty.; 8000 Walton Pkwy., Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: C-1, Commercial District uses.
GERMAN VILLAGE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a nonconforming mixed-use building with two commercial tenant spaces on the first floor and apartments on the second and third floors in the R-2F, Residential District. The requested Council variance proposes C-1, Commercial District uses to permit a retail use in a tenant space most recently used as a coffee shop within the existing building. A Council variance is required because commercial uses are not permitted in the R-2F, Residential District. Staff supports the requested variance because the commercial uses will be located within the existing building with no expansion occurring, and are limited to neighborhood-scale commercial uses. The requested uses fit the historic development pattern of South 3rd Street, are supported by the German Village Commission, and will not introduce incompatible land uses to the area.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Section 3332.037, R-2F, residential district, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 650 S. 3RD ST. (43206), to permit limited commercial uses within an existing building in the R-2F, Residential District (Council Variance #CV21-035) and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, by application #CV21-035, the owner of the property at 650 S. 3RD ST. (43206), is requesting a Variance to permit limited commercial uses within an existing mixed-use building in the R-2F, Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3332.037, R-2F, residential district, prohibits commercial uses, while the applicant proposes C-1, Commercial District uses within the mixed-use building; and
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