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Board of Zoning and Planning Member
James Osteen
Upper Arlington
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 1
- Total speaking time
- 4:29
- Avg per meeting
- 4:29
- Segments
- 56
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Voting record (19)
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Voted yesAug 19, 2026
elect Matt McGrath as Vice Chair
Voted yesAug 19, 2026
approve the Consent Agenda
Voted yesAug 19, 2026
approve VAR-47-26
Voted yesAug 19, 2026
approve 4190 Greensview Drive (VAR-42-26) – To increase the height of a detached habitable structure (home gym) from 10 feet to up to 13'-4" and allow it to encroach up to 29'-2" into the 40-foot rear
Voted yesAug 19, 2026
4190 Greensview Drive (VAR-42-26) — home gym height and rear setback variances
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
Consent Agenda (11 variance items and minutes)
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
approve VAR-38-26, to allow a driveway replacement and a new 501-square-foot patio that would increase development coverage from 45 percent to 50 percent with findings #1, #4, #6, and #7, with two con
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
approve the Consent Agenda
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
approve DEV-02-26, review of a final development plan to permit the construction of a three-story mixed-use building containing ground floor retail, second floor event space, and a third-floor private
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
approve VAR-29-26, to permit a new screen porch that increases building cover to 31.86 percent, in lieu of the 29 percent limit. A 42-inch- tall wrought iron fence would project 35 feet into the 40-fo
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
approve VAR-32-26, to permit a one-story addition to encroach 4’-11” into the 37’-5” minimum rear yard setback with findings #1 and #4
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
postpone VAR-42-26, to increase the height of a detached habitable structure (home gym) from 10 feet to up to 15'-6" and allow it to encroach up to 29'-2" into the 40-foot rear yard setback to the Aug
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
approve VAR-36-26, to allow a new 624-square-foot two-story addition, a 156-square-foot single-story addition, and a new detached garage to increase the total development coverage from 45 percent to 4
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
2360 Southway Drive (VAR-29-26) — screen porch and front-yard fence
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
2060 Collingswood Road (VAR-32-26) — mudroom addition rear setback
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
2395 Kensington Drive (VAR-38-26) — driveway and patio coverage variance
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
4190 Greensview Drive (VAR-42-26) — home gym height and setback
Voted yesJul 15, 2026
2022 Arlington Avenue (VAR-36-26) — additions and detached garage
Voted yesJul 15, 2026