Explanation
Council Variance Application: CV22-058
APPLICANT: Colonial Landscaping; c/o Jackson B. Reynolds, III, Atty.; 37 West Broad Street, Suite 460; Columbus, OH 43215.
PROPOSED USE: Landscape contractor’s facility.
NORTHEAST 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 to the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District (Ordinance #0172-2022; Z22-048) to allow a landscape contractor’s facility. Variances are requested to modify the parking setback, building lines, height and area regulations, and storage requirements. Staff supports the variances as they allow the existing facility to be brought into compliance, and notes the triangular shape of the property limits the ability to comply with required setbacks. Additionally, the request incorporates landscaping, softening the parking lot's impact from the roadway, consistent with the Northeast Area Plan’s design guidelines.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3312.27, Parking setback line; 3363.24, Building lines in an M-manufacturing district; 3363.27(b)(2), Height and area regulations; and 3363.41, Storage, of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 3730 WESTERVILLE RD. (43224), to permit reduced development standards for a landscape contractor’s facility in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District (Council Variance #CV22-058).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV22-058, the owner of property at 3730 WESTERVILLE RD. (43224), is requesting a Council variance to permit reduced development standards for a landscape contractor’s facility in the L-M, Limited Manufacturing District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3312.27, Parking setback line, requires a parking setback of 25 feet from the street right-of-way line, while the applicant proposes a reduced setback of 12 feet; and
WHEREAS, Section 3363.24,...
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