Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV20-129
APPLICANT: Granaz Real Estate LLC; c/o Aaron Underhill, Atty.; Underhill & Hodge, LLC; 8000 Walton Parkway, Suite 260; New Albany, OH 43054.
PROPOSED USE: Mixed-use development.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #1778-2021; Z20-115) to the L-C-4, Limited Commercial, and L-ARLD, Limited Apartment Residential districts for a mixed-use development with 33,900± square feet of commercial space and 72± apartment units in three subareas. The requested variances are for reduced parking lot landscaping, screening, aisle, maneuvering, fronting, and to eliminate the perimeter yard along interior parcel lines. A parking space reduction from 223 required to 133 provided spaces is included for Subareas A and B, the commercial subareas. The variances are supported due to the site being comprised of three separate parcels with a stream corridor protection zone along the western boundary and a gas easement along the eastern boundary. The site design provides a greater capacity to preserve natural features and provides connectivity between all subareas as reflected on the site plan included with Rezoning Application #Z20-115. The parking space reduction is supported as it is expected that the tenants of the apartment units will patronize the commercial uses, which lessens the over-all parking demand, and a parking study has been reviewed and approved by the Division of Parking Services.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.09, Aisle; 3312.21(B)(3), Landscaping and screening; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.49(C), Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.09, Screening; 3333.16, Fronting; and 3333.255, Perimeter yard, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 5949 CENTRAL COLLEGE RD. (43054), to permit reduced development standards ...
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