Memorandum
Date: 8/4/2010
To:
Honorable Mayor and Councilors
City Manager
City Attorney
Clerk of Council
Subject: (VAR 7-10-4657) Hardship variance to waive street frontage requirements at 1808
Blanchard Boulevard and 1807 Victory Drive.
Applicant's Proposal
This application is for a replat to subdivide an existing 4.022-acre tract of
land. The applicant?s intent is to subdivide the land for commercial.
Proposed Parcel 3A will contain 1.706 acres and will combine the southern
portion of 1808 Blanchard Boulevard with the existing lot at 1807 Victory
Drive. Proposed Parcel 3B will contain an area of 2.19 acres and retain street
frontage along Blanchard Boulevard. Parcel 3C will contain 0.126 acre and will
be subdivided from Parcel 3A. Parcels 3A and 3C will be served by an access
easement. The applicant is proposing to waive public street frontage
requirements and allow a 30-foot access easement to serve as the primary right
of entry onto the subject properties. The project site is located off of
Victory Drive and Blanchard Boulevard. The proposed replat is consistent with
the GC (General Commercial) lot size requirement of 4,000 square feet for newly
created lots.
Section 7.3.5 (F2) 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, which does not meet the
minimum street frontage requirement as stated above.
Planning & Zoning
- Applciant
- Lavoy Powell
- Owner
- Lavoy Powell
- Acreage
- 1.832 total acres
- Current Zoning Classification
- GC ? General Commercial
- Current Use Of Property
- Commercial
- District
- C
- General Use
- Vacant Lot
- Environmental Impacts
- None
- Surrounding Zoning
- GC (General Commercial)/ LMI (Light Manufacturing Industrial)
- Traffic Impact
- None
- Planning Departments Recommendtion
- APPROVAL based upon the fact that the strict enforcement of the provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance is not applicable to the subject property.
- Attitude of Property Owners
- Not Applicable
- Other Recommendations
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- Engineering: None
- Public Safety: None
- Public Works: None
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:
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The granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public safety, health, or welfare or injurious to other property;
As such, the granting of the proposed variance will not adversely affect the
character, livability, or appropriate development of abutting properties or the
surrounding area, and will not be detrimental to the public welfare or
injurious to other property.
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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;
Parcel 3C would have primary access off of an existing 30-foot access
easement. The access easement would serve as the primary right-of-entry for
Parcel 3C, which does not have street frontage. Parcel 3B will front on a
dedicated right-of-way. Parcel 3A is currently served by a 30-foot access
easement from a precious variance. Since Parcel 3A is being expanded, the new
addition needs a variance as well. For this reason, a variance is requested to
waive the minimum street frontage requirement for the aforementioned parcels.
The access easement would abut the subject properties along the northwestern
line of Parcel 3A and southwestern line of Parcel 3C.
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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
There are no physical conditions that cause a hardship.
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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 not alter the existing character of the
subdivision 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 Zoning Ordinance and will
not adversely impact the overall objectives of the area as outlined in the
Comprehensive Plan.