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Council Variance Application: CV24-130
APPLICANT: Hamilton Place Homes LLC; c/o Laura M. Comek, Atty.; Comek Law; 17 South High Street, Suite 100; Columbus, OH 43026.
PROPOSED USE: Apartment Building.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The applicant has received a recommendation of approval from Staff and the Development Commission for a concurrent rezoning (Ordinance #0717-2024; Z24-002) to the AR-2, Apartment Residential District. The requested Council Variance will allow the development of a 60-unit apartment building as shown on the submitted site plan. Variances to building height, landscaping and screening, maneuvering, required parking, fronting, minimum side yard, and rear yard are included in the request. Staff note that the redistributed trees along the perimeter of the site mitigate the setback reduction and loss of parking lot trees, consistent with the Northland Plan Volume II’s (2002) design guidelines. This Council variance proposes a similar development to the plan approved with Ordinance #0286-2024 (CV23-131), passed on February 12, 2024, enabling the project to seek competitive funding for an affordable housing project.
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To grant a Variance from the provisions of Sections 3309.14, Height districts; 3312.21(A), Landscaping and screening; 3312.25, Maneuvering; 3312.49, Required parking; 3333.16, Fronting; 3333.23(D), Minimum side yard permitted; and 3333.24, Rear yard; of the Columbus City Codes; for the property located at 5432 N. HAMILTON RD. (43054), to allow reduced development standards for an apartment building in the AR-2, Apartment Residential District (Council Variance #CV24-130).
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WHEREAS, by application #CV24-130, the owner of the property at 5432 N. HAMILTON RD. (43054), is requesting a Council variance to allow reduced development standards for an apartment building in the AR-2, Apartment Residential District; and
WHEREAS, Section 3309.14, Height districts, requires that within a 35 foot heigh...
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