CAC Meeting – Thursday 1/4/24 at 7 PM

Agenda – Clintonville Area Commission 

January 4, 2024 

Community Room at Whetstone Library Branch, 3909 N. High Street, Columbus, OH 43214 Thanks to Columbus Metropolitan Libraries for hosting this meeting. 

A live stream and recording will be made available on Channel Clintonville on YouTube. 

 

7:00  Call to order, Welcome, Pledge of Allegiance, Approval of Agenda Vice Chair Boulton
7:05  District Updates all commissioners
7:15  Approval of Past Meeting Minutes  Commissioner Moritz
   Treasurer’s Report Commissioner Crowell
2023 Commissioner FarewellsCommissioners Boulton, Moritz, and Crowell
7:25  Update from City of Columbus Representatives from Department of Neighborhoods, City Council, Columbus Police Department, Columbus Fire Department and City Attorney’s Office may be in attendance
7:35 Election of 2024 CAC Officers
7:50  Appointment of Committee Chairs, Discussion of Committee Process for Interested Community VolunteersIncoming Chair
8:00  CAC Zoning & Variance Committee Chair Stephen Hardwick

  1. Demolition permit waiting period waiver, 3936 Indianola Ave. 

Note: Without CAC approval, demolition can begin on February 24, 2024. With CAC approval, a demolition can issue as soon as the City receives notice of the CAC’s decision.

8:10  Whetstone Light Installation – Budget Request Proposal – Eric Wagner, NCIL
8:20 Consideration of Resolution 2023-05, Requesting the City to pursue a plan to solicit proposals for redevelopment of the City-owned property at 3500 and 3568-70 Indianola Avenue – Immediate Past CAC Chair Vottero
8:30 Presentation from Columbus Gas on Project Proposals at Weber and High, Weber and Dorris, and Tulane Eastbound – Melissa Thompson, Director of Regulatory Policy, and Daniel Moody, Construction Inspector

Note: This is an opportunity for public engagement; NO VOTES will occur.

Announcement of Next Meeting – The next meeting will be at 7pm on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 at Whetstone Library.
8:45  Public Comment
8:55  Adjourn

CAC Meeting – Thursday 12/7/23 at 7 PM

Clintonville Area Commission Meeting Agenda – December 2023

7:00 Call to order, Welcome, Pledge of Allegiance, Approval of Agenda – Chair David Vottero,
Pledge to be led by Clintonville Girl Scout Troop 6823

7:05 District Updates – all commissioners

7:15 Approval of Past Meeting Minutes; Discussion of Process for January Meeting – Secretary Peifer

Treasurer’s Report – Treasurer White

7:20 Update from City of Columbus – Representatives from Department of Neighborhoods, City Council, Columbus Police Department, Columbus Fire Department and City Attorney’s Office may be in attendance

7:25 BluePrint Columbus Update – Tiffany Conn, Community Relations Coordinator with Project BluePrint

7:35 Whetstone Facilities Plan from Columbus Recreation and Parks Department – Craig Murphy, Capital and Strategic Planning Administrator; Mishelle Hilliard, Project Manager; Angela Short, GDP Group Engineer

8:00 CAC Zoning & Variance Committee – Chair Stephen Hardwick
A. CV23-012, 201 W. North Broadway
1. In order to build a duplex (without the previously requested carriage house),
the applicant seeks ONLY the following two variances: 1. To allow for a duple
on a single lot in an R-3 district where only a single family home is permitted.
CC3332.035. 2. To allow for a lot width of 40′ for the existing lot in lieu of the
required 50′. CC3332.05

8:15 Presentation from Columbus Gas on Project Proposals at Weber and High, Weber and Dorris, and Tulane Eastbound – Luka Papalko, Public Affairs Manager (note – this is an informational presentation and there will NOT be a
vote at this meeting; projects will proceed through Zoning & Variance Committee before subsequent CAC action)

8:35 Consideration of Resolution 2023-05, Requesting the City to pursue a plan to solicit proposals for redevelopment of the City-owned property at 3500 and 3568-70 Indianola Avenue – Chair Vottero

8:45 PM Commissioner Farewells – Vice Chair Boulton, Commissioners Crowell and Moritz

Announcement of Next Meeting – The next meeting will be at 7pm on Thursday, January 4th, 2024 at Whetstone Library.

8:45 Public Comment

8:55 Adjourn

11.28.23 Community Conversation on Homelessness + Affordable Housing

Join CAC on Tuesday at Whetstone Library for our next Community Conversation on Homelessness and Affordable Housing. We have two incredible speakers lined up – Yvonne Riggie is the founder of YR Architecture + Design and has direct experience developing an accessory dwelling unit in Columbus. Critty Buenconsejo is the CEO of Creative Housing, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to providing safe, accessible, and affordable housing to individuals with disabilities in the Columbus metropolitan area.

More on our Speakers

Yvonne Riggie is the founder of YR Architecture + Design, a small architecture studio in Columbus, OH that specializes in designing custom modern homes on one-of-a-kind and challenging sites where a site-sensitive, integrated design is paramount, and the natural beauty of the surrounding landscape is preserved.

Through her diverse experiences living, working, and volunteering in some of the poorest and wealthiest places around the world, she has a keen understanding, empathy, and appreciation for the human condition. She believes that architecture can happen anywhere, at any scale, and at any budget. This belief deeply affects her view on the role of architecture and the long-term impact of good design on our lives and our community.

She recently completed Columbus’s first true garage conversion to accessory dwelling unit to study the viability and affordability of adaptive reuse as a tool for alternative housing solutions. As the owner, architect, and builder on the project, she has a unique perspective and intimate knowledge of the entire process.

Yvonne holds a master’s degree in Architecture and an MBA from Kent State University. She is a licensed architect in WV, and OH and is LEED Accredited.

 

Ms. Buenconsejo is CEO of Creative Housing, Inc. Prior to being named CEO by the Board of Trustees, she oversaw Creative Housing’s construction projects, both new construction and residential renovations. Before joining Creative Housing, she had 10 years of design, construction documentation, project management and construction administration experience with local and national architectural firms. Her previous experience spans multistate residential and commercial projects. Ms. Buenconsejo holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Science in Business from Miami University. She also holds an Executive Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership through Harvard’s Kennedy School. She is a Certified Graduate Builder, Certified Graduate Remodeler and Certified Aging in Place Specialist. She holds memberships in the American Institute of Architects, National Association of Home Builders, National Fire Protection Association, International Code Council and the Professional Women in Building Council. AIA, ICC, NFPA, EPA Lead-Safe, NCARB/BIA: CGR, CAPS

 

CAC Zoning & Variance Meeting – Wednesday November 29th at 7pm

Clintonville Area Commission – Zoning & Variance Committee 
Wednesday November 29th at 7pm

Clinton Heights Lutheran Church
15 Clinton Heights Ave.
Agenda
  1. Call to order.
  2. Approve agenda.
  3. Consider draft minutes from previous meeting.
  4. Old Business, Variance Agenda: CV23-012, 201 W. North Broadway
    1. The chair intends to make a motion to take this matter from the table and then a motion to amend as submitted in the “revised application” below.
    2. In order to build a duplex (without the previously requested carriage house), the applicant seeks ONLY the following two variances:
      1. To allow for a duple on a single lot in an R-3 district where only a single family home is permitted. CC3332.035.
      2. To allow for a lot width of 40′ for the existing lot in lieu of the required 50′. CC3332.05
  5. Announce that the next meeting of the Clintonville Area Commission will be December 7, 2023, 7:00 p.m., at the Whetstone Library, and the next meeting of the Zoning & Variance Committee will be December 27, 2023, 7:00 p.m., at the Clinton Heights Lutheran Church. Adjourn by 7:45 p.m. to accommodate a training.

CAC Meeting – Thursday 11/2/23 at 7 PM

Clintonville Area Commission Meeting Agenda – November 2023

7:00 Call to order, Welcome, Pledge of Allegiance, Approval of Agenda – Chair David Vottero

7:05 District Updates – all commissioners

7:20 Approval of Past Meeting Minutes – Secretary Peifer

Treasurer’s Report – Treasurer White

7:35 Update from City of Columbus – Representatives from Department of Neighborhoods,
City Council, Columbus Police Department, Columbus Fire Department and City Attorney’s
Office may be in attendance

7:40 New Americans Initiative, Department of Neighborhoods – Lindora Howard-Diawara,
Coordinator for New Americans Initiative at Dept. of Neighborhoods

8:00 CAC Zoning & Variance Committee – Chair Stephen Hardwick
A. BZA23-127. 3588 Indianola. In order to reorient parking within a parking lot after
the termination of a mutual parking agreement, the applicant seeks variances to
reduce the number of required 1) trees for a parking lot from 24 to 15, CC3312.21;
and parking spaces from 276 to 257, CC3312.49.
B. GC23-040, 4910 N. High St. The applicant seeks graphics variances to add a ground
sign and menu board signs for a new fast food restaurant, specifically from:
a. 3372.706(C)(1), to allow for three ground signs (A1, A2, and A3) on a single
parcel;
b. 3372.706(C)(2), to allow for one monument sign (A3) and two ground signs
(A1 and A2);
c. 3372.706(C)(3), to allow for two ground signs (A2 and A3) that do not have a
base that is integral to the overall sign design and that compliments the
design and principal materials of the building and landscape;
d. 3372.706(C)(5), to increase the maximum permitted height of a ground sign
from 6’ above grade to 23’8” for sign A2 (existing condition); and
e. 3372.706(E)(2), to allow two menu boards (H1 and H2) to be located
between the building and the Morse Road right-of-way.

8:15 Presentation from Columbus Park of Roses Foundation – Liz Cabot, Treasurer

8:40 PM Consideration of Resolution 2023-05, Requesting the City to pursue a plan to solicit proposals for redevelopment of the City-owned property at 3500 and 3568-70 Indianola Avenue – Chair Vottero

Announcement of Next Meeting – The next meeting will be at 7pm on Thursday, December 7, at Whetstone Library.

8:45 Public Comment

8:55 Adjourn

CAC Planning & Development Committee Meeting

CAC Planning + Development Committee Meeting

Tuesday, October 24th at Clinton Heights Lutheran Church

7 PM

  • Tactical urbanism/Bike+ strategy – plan workshops
  • Future grant strategy and timeline
  • Olentangy trail crossing follow up
    • Recent crash at Milton
    • LPI at Milton?
  • ZoneIn Columbus
    • Some more public workshops end of Oct and early Nov – schedule here: https://zone-in-columbus.hub.arcgis.com/
    • Draft code for review is shown on project schedule for fall/winter 2023 – do we have an ETA?

CAC Zoning & Variance Meeting – Wednesday October 25th at 7pm

Clintonville Area Commission – Zoning & Variance Committee 
Wednesday October 25th at 7pm

Clinton Heights Lutheran Church
15 Clinton Heights Ave.
Agenda
  1. Call to order.
  2. Approve agenda.
  3. Announce that a revised application for 201 W. North Broadway will come before the Committee no earlier than November 29, 2023, likely for only a use variance (no dimensional variances), “for a two-family residence and single-story garage.” Drawing One. Drawing Two.
  4. Consider draft minutes from previous meeting.
  5. Variance Agenda:
    1. BZA23-127. 3588 Indianola. In order to reorient parking within a parking lot after the termination of a mutual parking agreement, the applicant seeks variances to reduce the number of required 1) trees for a parking lot from 24 to 15, CC3312.21; and parking spaces from 276 to 257, CC3312.49.
    2. GC23-040, 4910 N. High St. The applicant seeks graphics variances to add a ground sign and menu board signs for a new fast food restaurant, specifically from:
      1. 3372.706(C)(1), to allow for three ground signs (A1, A2, and A3) on a single parcel;
      2. 3372.706(C)(2), to allow for one monument sign (A3) and two ground signs (A1 and A2);
      3. 3372.706(C)(3), to allow for two ground signs (A2 and A3) that do not have a base that is integral to the overall sign design and that compliments the design and principal materials of the building and landscape;
      4. 3372.706(C)(5), to increase the maximum permitted height of a ground sign from 6’ above grade to 23’8” for sign A2 (existing condition); and
      5. 3372.706(E)(2), to allow two menu boards (H1 and H2) to be located between the building and the Morse Road right-of-way.
  6. Announce that the next meeting of the Clintonville Area Commission will be Thursday, November 2, 2023, 7:00 p.m., at the Whetstone Library, and the next meeting of the Zoning & Variance Committee will be Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 7:00 p.m., at the Clinton Heights Lutheran Church.
  7. Adjourn by 7:45 p.m. to accommodate a training.

CAC Meeting – Thursday 10/5/23 at 7 PM

Clintonville Area Commission Meeting Agenda – October 2023

Agenda
7:00 Call to order, Welcome, Pledge of Allegiance, Approval of Agenda – Chair David Vottero

7:05 District Updates – all commissioners

7:20 Approval of Past Meeting Minutes – Secretary Peifer

Treasurer’s Report – Treasurer White

7:35 Update from City of Columbus – Representatives from Department of Neighborhoods,
City Council, Columbus Police Department, Columbus Fire Department and City Attorney’s
Office may be in attendance

7:40 Capital Updates from Department of Columbus Recreation and Parks – Craig Murphy,
Capital and Strategic Planning Administrator

8:00 CAC Zoning & Variance Committee – Chair Stephen Hardwick
1. BZA23-106, 163 Piedmont Rd. To convert an existing three-season room
into an office space, the applicant seeks a variance to reduce the
minimum side yard from 5 feet to 3.7 feet along the east side.
2. 3157 Indianola Avenue – Demolition

8:15 Consideration of Resolutions – Chair Vottero

Announcement of Next Meeting – The next meeting will be at 7pm on Thursday, November 2, at Whetstone Library.

8:45 Public Comment

8:55 Adjourn