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Owner seeks variances for detached home gym at 4190 Greensview Drive
Summary
At an informal May 6 review, the Upper Arlington planning board urged the owner of 4190 Greensview Drive to reduce the size and height of a proposed detached home gym and provide development coverage calculations after staff noted multiple variance requests, including increases in height and accessory coverage and reduced setbacks.
Will Sherry, owner and resident of 4190 Greensview Drive, presented an informal review May 6 for a proposed detached home gym that would exceed several zoning standards.
Staff told the Board of Zoning and Planning the project currently seeks multiple variances: an increase in height from 10 to 15 feet; an increase in accessory building coverage from 3% to 3.4%; a reduction in the side‑yard setback from 12 to 10 feet and the rear‑yard setback from 40 to 10 feet; and potentially an increase to the maximum development coverage for the R‑1B district. Planning staff recommended the applicant reduce overall square footage, lower the structure’s height and remove a concrete expansion to the east, and provide development cover calculations to confirm compliance.
"The structure will not introduce any significant noise, traffic, lighting, or privacy concerns beyond typical resident use," Will Sherry said in his presentation, and he told board members he had verbal neighbor agreement and planned to seek written approvals if that would be helpful.
Sherry supplied hardscape figures: previous hardscape measures were reported at 36.4% (7,862 square feet); the applicant said proposed hardscape, without removing the expansion, would total 8,667 square feet and produce about 40.12% coverage — roughly 0.12 percentage points over the typical threshold cited in staff comments.
Board members and staff pressed the applicant to pare back the number and size of variances. Chair Tolliver and other members said meeting the 40% development‑coverage limit could eliminate multiple requested variances and noted that repeated approvals for numerous variances risk setting a precedent.
Staff also advised removing the added concrete area east of the proposed gym and providing development‑coverage calculations that confirm how the project will comply with stormwater and other development standards.
The board treated the item as an informal work session and did not take a formal vote. The applicant was asked to revise plans addressing height, square footage and the concrete expansion, provide the requested calculations and return to the board.
