Broken Arrow Planning Commission
03-14-2019
To: Chairman and Commission Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding SP-292 (Specific Use Permit), Broken Arrow Public Schools, 38.734 acres, A-1, one-half mile north of New Orleans Street (101st Street), one-half mile west of Evans Road (225th E. Avenue)
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Background:
Applicant: Broken Arrow Public Schools
Owner: Gerald Brother
Developer: Broken Arrow Public Schools
Engineer: Wallace Engineering
Location: One-half mile north New Orleans Street, one-half mile west Evans Road
Size of Tract 38.734 acres
Number of Lots: 1
Present Zoning: A-1
Comp Plan Present: Public/Semi-Public
SP 292 is a request for a Specific Use Permit for a new school campus for an elementary school and other school related functions and land uses. The property, which contains 38.734 acres, is located one-half mile north of New Orleans Street (101st Street), one-half mile west of Evans Road (225th E. Avenue). The property is presently undeveloped and unplatted.
On February 28, 2019, the Planning Commission approved BAL-2049 to split an 80.258-acre tract into three tracts. The site for SP-292 is the northern tract resulting from the lot split. A preliminary plat (PT19-100) for this site is being processed concurrently with the Specific Use Permit request.
The Broken Arrow Zoning Ordinance (updated in 2008) requires all schools within agricultural and residential zoning districts to have a Specific Use Permit. Also included in SP-292 is a request for a monument sign, an electronic message board sign, and directional signage. In accordance with the zoning ordinance, permanent freestanding signs, which function as on-premise advertising and are located on a lot used for institutional uses, including educational institutions, may be constructed in agricultural districts as long as they do not exceed 32-square-feet of display are and do not exceed 8-feet in height. Per Section 5.7.E.2 of the zoning ordinance, increases in display surface area and height may be requested through a PUD or Specific Use Permit and shall be based on the total linear foot of lot frontage.
The school site has nearly 1,329 linear feet of frontage. Due to the length of frontage and the location of the site, applicant is requesting an increase in display area for up to ten feet (10’) in height and 200 square feet in sign area. Properties to the north, west and east are designated as Level 6 (Regional Employment/Commercial) in the Comprehensive Plan, and the surrounding properties have a mix of uses including parkland, as well as Industrial Light (IL) and Industrial Heavy (IH). Directional signage would be placed at the intersection of E. New Orleans Street (E 101st Street) and S. 38th Street to direct people to the school. The property, which is located on E. Gary Street, will be accessed from New Orleans Street, near the Events Center Park, and from State Highway 51.
Fee-in-lieu of detention is approved for this site. There is a blue line stream traversing the southeast corner of the property. The 100-year Broken Arrow floodplain will need to be mapped and an overland drainage easement (ODE) established in conjunction with the platting and engineering for this site.
Surrounding land uses and zoning classifications include the following:
North: A-1, IH, IH/PUD-249 MK&T Railroad, Storage and Undeveloped
East: A-1 Undeveloped
South: A-1 Events Center
West: A-1 Undeveloped
Elementary schools are permitted in any agricultural district with a Specific Use Permit by the Zoning Ordinance. Signs, including illuminated signs, are permitted in agricultural districts, as part of an institutional use, such as educational institutions, with a Specific Use Permit. SP-292 is therefore in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Ordinance.
Attachments: Case map
Aerial
Development Concept and Standards
Conceptual Improvement Plan
Recommendation:
Based on the Comprehensive Plan, the location of the property, and the surrounding land uses, Staff recommends that SP-292 be approved, subject to the property being platted.
Reviewed By: Larry R. Curtis
Approved By: Michael W. Skates
JMW