Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV22-024
APPLICANT: NRP Properties, 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: Mixed-use development.
FAR SOUTH COLUMBUS AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site consists of one parcel developed with a restaurant zoned in the M, Manufacturing District, and is within the boundaries of the South High Street Community Commercial Overlay (CCO). The requested Council variance will permit a mixed-use development containing up to 80 apartment units and 6,000 square feet of commercial space. A Council variance is necessary because multi-unit residential uses are not permitted in the M, Manufacturing District. The request also includes variances to increase the building height from 35 feet to 60 feet, to reduce the number of required parking spaces from 144 to 110, to reduce building setbacks along Fornof Road, to increase the maximum building setback from an interior lot line, and to reduce the minimum parking setback. This proposed development will be subject to a competitive funding process with the Ohio Housing Finance Agency which requires certain land attributes including compliant zoning. The Council variance process is supported to assist in this state funding application process as Rezoning Application #Z22-043, a request for the AR-2, Apartment Residential District, has been filed and is in the formal review process. The site is within the planning boundaries of the Scioto Southland Plan (2007), which recommends commercial land uses at this location. The variances are supported as the proposal is mixed-use in nature and is located on a primary corridor. The request does not introduce an incompatible use to the area. Additionally, Ordinance 0188-2022 was approved in February of 2022 for a s...
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