Broken Arrow City Council
05-03-2016
To: Mayor and City Council Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Consideration, discussion and possible approval of BACP 152 (Change in the Comprehensive Plan), BA Ice House/Light & Power Refurbishment, 0.14 acres, Level 2 to Level 5, southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and Dallas Street
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Background:
Applicant: Austin J.L. Ferguson
Owner: James A. Farris III
Developer: Austin J.L. Ferguson
Engineer: NA
Location: Southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and Dallas Street
Size of Tract 0.14 acres
Number of Lots: 1
Present Zoning: R-3
Comp Plan Present: Level 2 (Urban Residential)
Comp Plan Prop: Level 5 (Downtown Area)
BACP 152 is a request to change the Comprehensive Plan designation on a 0.14-acre triangular shaped tract from Level 2 to Level 5. The property, which is located on the southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and Dallas Street, is presently zoned R-3 (Single-Family Residential). There is an existing building on the site that historically has been used in the past as an ice house and housed the first electric generation facility, operated by P.S.O. to provide light and power for the original Township of Broken Arrow. More recently the building has been used by a heat and air conditioning servicing company and other businesses. The property has been platted as part of the Original Town of Broken Arrow.
Applicant is interested in remodeling the building and using it for a micro-brewery. Micro food and beverage production is a use that the Planning Commission studied for the past two months as how it should best be addressed in the Zoning Ordinance. On April 14, 2016, a Public Hearing to consider modifying the Zoning Ordinance to allow micro food and beverage production was conducted by the Planning Commission, and the Planning Commission recommended approval of the proposed changes to the Zoning Ordinance. The proposed modifications to the Zoning Ordinance are on this same agenda.
If the City Council agrees to the modifications to the Zoning Ordinance recommended by Staff and the Planning Commission, applicant has informed Staff that they will be seeking to change the zoning on the property from R-3 to DM. Micro food and beverage production would be a use that would be allowed in the DM (Downtown Mixed Use district) with a Specific Use Permit. DM zoning is considered to be in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan only in Level 5 of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Planning Commission in their meeting of April 14, 2016, reviewed and unanimously (5-0 vote) recommended that BACP 152 be approved. Two people spoke and expressed concerns regarding stormwater runoff and traffic concerns on Dallas Street.
Cost: $0
Prepared By: Farhad K. Daroga, City Planner
Reviewed By: Development Services Department
Assistant City Manager - Operations
Legal Department
Approved By: Michael Spurgeon, City Manager
Attachments: Planning Commission fact sheet 04-14-2016
Case map
Aerial
Comp Plan
Recommendation:
Approve BACP 152 as recommended by the Planning Commission and Staff.
FKD: BDM