Zoning for an ADU in Linden?

[Savannah Walbert]

Hello! My fiance and I are looking at a deal in East Linden. The house is a 3/2 and has an ADU with a kitchen, and bathroom. It looks like the ADU has not been properly zoned to be considered it's own unit, so according to the tax assessors report the property is a 3-bed SFH. Obviously, the difference in rental income between a 3-bed SFH vs a 4-bed SFH will make a big difference on this deal. It would be even better if we could get it zoned to rent out the house as a 3/2 and separately rent out the ADU as a 1/1.

If anyone that sees this has done something like this in Columbus, we would love to get any info on how the process went, how much did the permits and inspections cost, etc.

Also, if anyone knows whether or not we could even rent out an ADU through sec-8 that would also be helpful, as we will definitely consider using sec-8 to rent out the property if it can get us higher rents.

We are going to be contacting the city's zoning dept right away to verify with them that this would even be allowed at this address, and to try and get a rough estimate of how much permits etc will cost us. Any insight at all here would be so much appreciated!