Broken Arrow City Council
12-20-2016
To: Mayor and City Council Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of Ordinance No. 3465, an Ordinance amending Section 2.1.A (Table 2.1-1) Zoning Districts Established; Section 2.3, Residential Districts; Section 3.1.F (Table 3.1-1) Table of Allowed Uses; Section 3.2 Specific Use Permit Standards; Section 3.3.C.2 Dimensional Standards for Accessory Buildings and Structures; Section 4.1.B (Table 4.1-2) Dimensional and Density Standards - Residential Districts; Section 4.1.E.1 Bulk and Area Requirements for Planned Unit Developments; and Section 5.9.J Council Permits for Towers; repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and declaring an emergency
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Background:
This item was reviewed by the City Council in their meeting of November 1, 2016 and tabled to the November 7, 2016 City Council meeting. In the November 7th meeting, Council reviewed approved modifications to the Zoning Ordinance to create a new Single-Family Residential Zoning District, RS-4. Staff was then directed to prepare this item for Ordinance approval. A preview Ordinance was approved by the City Council on December 6, 2016.
Previous Background:
In May 2016, the Development Services Department was approached by a development group considering new, single-family subdivisions with 20-foot front building lines. The current Zoning Ordinance has five active single-family zoning districts (RE, RS-1, R-2, RS-2, and RS-3). To achieve the lesser building line setbacks, subdivisions have been done through the Planned Unit Development (PUD) process requires livability open space (open space not utilized for parking or drives), per the Zoning Ordinance. In addition, the required livability open space may be provided on the lot containing the dwelling unit or units on which computed, or in common areas.
This proposal is to create a new zoning district, RS-4, for single-family detached homes. The proposed zoning district would have minimum front building lines of 20 feet, minimum five (5) foot wide side yards (each, total 10 feet), and 20-foot rear yards. The lot frontage would be minimum 55 feet and the minimum size of the lot would be 6,500 square feet (55’ x 118’). One addition to the RS-4 development standards is to allow the front building setback line to be reduced to 15 feet where vehicular access is derived from an alley. This would allow subdivisions to be developed where garages are located in the rear and are accessible via an alleyway.
This item was discussed at the June 9, June 23, and July 14, 2016, Planning Commission meetings. This item was presented, as a public hearing item, to the Planning Commission in their meeting of September 22, 2016. The Commission voted (3-0 vote) to continue this item to the October 13, 2016 Planning Commission meeting so that all of the commissioners could be present. The Planning Commission, in their meeting of October 13, 2016 voted to approve (4-0 vote) this item, per the Staff report. There were no protestants.
Cost: None
Prepared By: Michael W. Skates, P.E., CFM, Development Services Director
Reviewed By: Assistant City Manager-Operations
Legal Department
Approved By: Michael L. Spurgeon, City Manager
Attachments: Signed Ordinance 3465
Fact Sheet of November 7, 2016, City Council
Fact Sheet of November 1, 2016, City Council
Fact Sheet of October 13, 2016, Planning Commission
Fact Sheet of September 22, 2016 Planning Commission
Zoning Ordinance with RS-4 standards inserted
LUIS Zoning District Table
Level 2 Criteria
Level 3 Criteria
Single Family Residential Lot Characteristics
Recommendation:
Adopt Ordinance 3465 and approve the emergency clause.