Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV21-057
APPLICANT: APPLICANT: 1179 E. Main Street Redevelopment, LLC; c/o Dave Perry, Agent; David Perry Company, Inc.; 411 East Town Street, 1st Floor; and Donald Plank, Atty.; Plank Law Firm; 411 East Town Street, 2nd Floor; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Multi-unit residential development.
NEAR EAST AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning request (Ordinance #3146-2021; Z21-042) to the AR-2, Apartment Residential District. The applicant proposes a four-story, 85-unit apartment building and requests a use variance to permit commercial vehicular access through the site, and standards variances to reduce parking lot landscaping area, vision clearance triangles, and parking and building setback lines, and a parking space reduction from 128 to 108 spaces. The Planning Division generally supports the proposed site plan included with the request which provides adequate landscaping and includes additional bicycle parking to offset the requested parking reduction. Conceptual building elevations have been reviewed, and are consistent with Near East Area Plan (2005) design guidelines. The requested variances are reflective of recent residential infill development projects in urban neighborhoods, and allows reduced setbacks consistent with existing buildings along East Main Street.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3333.025, AR-2, apartment residential district use; 3312.21(D)(1), Landscaping and screening; 3312.27(3), Parking setback line; 3312.49(C) Minimum numbers of parking spaces required; 3321.05(A)(1);(B)(2), Vision clearance; and 3333.18, Building lines, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 1179 E. MAIN ST. (43205), to permit commercial vehicular access and reduced development standards for a multi-u...
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