Parking Variance
Columbus City Codes § 3325.707
in effect3325.707 - Parking Variance
A property owner who suffers an involuntary destruction of fifty percent (50%) or more of a building not original to the lot may suffer a hardship that supports a variance to the parking requirement for a replacement building. Involuntary destruction means destruction due to fire, earthquake or other natural disaster, but not due to demolition by neglect or other act or omission by the owner. In the event the hardship is established, a variance for new construction of a replacement building that allows either a floor area equal to that of the destroyed building or as determined by a maximum floor area ratio of eight-tenths, whichever is less, and provides the maximum number of parking spaces the lot can accommodate, shall be deemed to meet the objectives of this Chapter.
Exemption of parking space loss due to refuse storage requirement
A. Any owner of property zoned apartment-residential and of residential use in the university area who provides a refuse storage receptacle or cubic yard container (dumpster) as required by Title 13 C.C. and thereby loses one or more existing, required parking spaces will be exempt from the necessity of replacing such lost space if on or before January 1, 1995, the owner notifies the director by affidavit of the owner's name, the property's address, the number of legal parking spaces lost due to compliance with C.C. 1303.12, and the number of legal parking spaces remaining. Said document shall be retained in the department for future reference in a manner similar to board of zoning adjustment's variance retention files.
B. This exemption shall be valid only for so long as: a sufficient refuse storage receptacle or cubic yard container is provided on site; there is no new construction of habitable floor area of two hundred (200) square feet or more; and there is no change of use in or upon said premises.
(Ord. No. 1003-2017, § 1, 5-1-2017; Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT33ZOCO_CH3325UNDIZOOV_GEREREZODI_3325.707PAVAFetched: 10/27/2026