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R-4 to AR-3 Rezoning and Variances for 265-Unit Apartment Building at 1501 Gerrard Avenue

  • When: 2024/12/03
  • Address: 1501 Gerrard Avenue, Columbus, OH
  • City: Columbus
  • State: OH
  • Category: Spot Rezoning
  • Subcategory: Residential Rezoning
  • Asset Class: Multifamily
  • Property Type: Low-Rise
  • Size (SF): 339,287 SF
  • Size (AC): 2.35 AC
  • Size (Units): 265 Units
  • New Zoning: AR-3
  • New Zoning Description: Apartment Residential District
  • Previous Zoning: R-4
  • Previous Zoning Description: Residential District
  • Planning Department: True

The proposed project involves the rezoning of eight parcels totaling 2.35 acres from R-4 Residential District to AR-3 Apartment Residential District, coupled with multiple council variances. The plan is for a 5-story, 265-unit multi-family apartment building with an attached three-and-a-half-level structured parking garage. Key variances include reductions in required parking spaces, EV parking minimums, clear vision triangle size, and modifications to lot coverage, building setback, rear yard, and landscaping requirements. The site is located at the southwest corner of Gerrard Avenue and Western Avenue. Staff recommended approval, noting the project's consistency with the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan (2009) and Columbus Citywide Planning Policies (C2P2) Design Guidelines (2018). The Fifth by Northwest Area Commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval of the project.

Source

Applicant - Effler Commercial, LLC


Erwin R. Effler III

Ownership - Spellman Management, LTD


Developer - Effler Commercial, LLC


Erwin R. Effler III

Architect - EFFLER archall


City Representative - Phil Ashear