Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV20-131
APPLICANT: Burke Brothers, LLC; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; Columbus, OH 43215; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Two single-unit dwellings on the same lot.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a single-unit dwelling in the ARLD, Apartment Residential District. The applicant requests a Council variance to permit the addition of a carriage house on the property. The request includes variances to the required number of parking spaces, area district requirements, fronting on a public street, building line, side yards, and rear yard requirements. The site is within the planning area of the Near East Area Plan (2005), which does not recommend a land use for this location, but recommends that new housing be consistent with the housing types, density, and development pattern of the neighborhood. City staff supports the requested variance as the proposal is consistent with the housing types and density along East Rich Street. Planning Division staff has requested conceptual elevations for the proposed carriage house, and suggests that windows be included on all four sides. The Plan design guidelines encourage housing design be compatible with existing homes in the vicinity, and other housing units in the immediate block on East Rich Street include windows on all sides.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.02, AR-12, ARLD, and AR-1, apartment residential district use; 3312.49, Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3333.09, Area requirements; 3333.16, Fronting; 3333.18, Building lines; 3333.22, Maximum side yard required; 3333.23, Minimum side yard permitted; and 3333.24, Rear yard, of the Columbus Cit...
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