Rezoning allows Clifton Heights rehab to proceed

315 Warner St

City Council unanimously passed an ordinance allowing Kerry Ryan to rehab a three-family building at the corner of Warner and Victor streets.

The ordinance changed the zoning on the site from SF-2 Single Family to RMX Residential Mix. Because the building had been vacant since the property was rezoned in 2004, it could not be rehabilitated and used as a multi-family.

Some neighbors objected to the rezoning due to a lack of adequate parking and an abundance of multi-family housing in the area.

The CUF Neighborhood Association also expressed concerns over the "spot" zoning, how the practice could have negative future effects on the neighborhood, and how they felt shut out of the process.

The building has been vacant for four years and would likely have been torn down if the rezoning did not occur.

Ryan took his argument for the rehab directly to the Economic Development Committee (EDC). In a letter dated April 7, 2007, he wrote:

If these properties remain “SF-2” single family zoning, we fear they will be abandoned again because no one will want to rent or purchase a single family building of this size and configuration.

Now that the zoning has been changed, Ryan has entered the permitting process.

The top two units had already been rehabbed without a permit, and they have been approved for reoccupancy.

First floor permits have not yet been received.

NOTE: The Cincinnati Beacon published a series of articles on this back in March. The first in the series included a couple of photos of the interior:
The Cincinnati Beacon: The Matrix of Cincinnati Zoning Codes: Kerry Ryan’s Renovated House Meets Resistance from CHIA