Subject: (VAR0803-1) Hardship variance to waive street frontage requirement at 900 Oak
Crest Drive.
Planning Recommendation: Approval
PLANNING & ZONING HISTORY
Applicant: Johnny Cargill
Owner: Same
Acreage: 16.032 total acres
Current Zoning Classification: RE1 (Residential Estate 1)
Current Use of Property: Rural residential
Proposed Use of Property: Same
Planning District: Planning District 2
Future Land-Use: Low Density Residential
Environmental Impacts: None
Surrounding Zoning: East ? SFR2 (Single Family Residential 2)
West ? RE1 (Residential Estate 1)
North ? RE1 (Residential Estate 1) / SFR2 (Single Family
Residential 2)
South ? SFR1 (Single Family Residential 1)
Traffic Impact: None.
Planning Department
Recommendation: APPROVAL - based upon the fact that the strict enforcement
of the provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance is not applicable to the
subject property.
Reasonableness of Request: The proposed variance is reasonable based on the use
of the property as large lot rural residential and its ability to provide a
primary right of entry via the existing 60 feet wide access easement.
APPLICANT?S PROPOSAL
The applicant is proposing to waive public street frontage requirements and
allow the 60 feet wide access easement to serve as the primary right of entry
onto the subject property. The proposed replat is consistent with the RE1
minimum 43,560 square feet lot size requirement for newly created lots.
The lots are being subdivided to meet the original intent of the 1994 rezoning
to A-1 (now RE1) and to utilize for development the parcel listed as Parcel
15-A. Each lot is well over 5.0 acres in size and will not disrupt the
existing land-uses in the area.
Section 7.3.5 (F.2) of the Columbus Unified Development Ordinance states, ?all
lots shall front on a minimum of 25 feet of dedicated public right-of-way or
upon a right-of-way that has received the legal status as such.? The proposed
subdivision of the existing lot creates two (2) lots, one (1) of which does not
meet the minimum street frontage requirement as stated above.
VARIANCE CRITERIA
In order to grant the requested variances, the City Council must make a
decision that is based upon all of the following findings required by the
variance regulations of the Columbus Zoning Ordinance:
The granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public safety,
health or welfare or injurious to other property;
The granting of this variance will not adversely affect neighboring properties.
The conditions upon which the request for a variance is based are unique to the
property for which the variance is sought and are not applicable generally to
other property;
The conditions are not unique to either the property or the area.
Because of the particular physical surroundings, shape, or topographical
conditions of the specific property involved, a particular hardship to the
owner would result, as distinguished from a mere inconvenience, if the strict
letter of these regulations are carried out; and
The topography and physical surroundings of this property are not a factor.
The variances will not in any manner vary the provisions of the Zoning
Ordinance, Comprehensive Plan or Official Map.
Granting of the variance will not vary the provisions of the Unified
Development Ordinance. It will preserve the existing character of the area and
retain the scope of the Unified Development Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan.
The granting of this variance to waive the minimum street frontage requirement
will not detract from the intent and spirit of the Unified Development
Ordinance and will not adversely impact the overall objectives of the area as
outlined in the Comprehensive Plan.
Respectfully,