Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 04-03-2018
To: Mayor and City Council Members
From: Development Services Department
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Consideration, discussion, and possible adoption of Ordinance No. 3523, an ordinance amending the Land Subdivision Code of the City of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Section 4.1.a pertaining to General Design Standards for Streets; Section 4.1.c pertaining to General Design Standards for Abutting Unsubdivided Land; Section 4.2.a pertaining to Building and Structure Setbacks from All High Pressure Pipelines; Section 6.2 pertaining to Miscellaneous Requirements; and Section 6.3.a.4) pertaining to Private Street and Gated Residential Developments; repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and declaring an emergency
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Background:
Section 4.1 of the Subdivision Regulations is proposed to be modified to clarify the distance requirement for stub streets, which require temporary right-of-way for a turn-around. The current wording of the regulations state that a turn-around is required if the street that connects to the adjacent unplatted property is more than one (1) lot in length. The proposed modification clarifies that temporary right-of-way for a turn-around is required if the street that connects to the adjacent platted or unplatted property is in excess of 150 feet. Measured from the centerline of the intersecting street to the property line.
Currently Section 4.2.a states that "...All residences, buildings, and other habitable structures shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from all high pressure pipelines, which pipelines are under the regulatory jurisdiction of the United States Department of Transportation". At the time this section of the ordinance was created, it was intended to create a setback from transcontinental high pressure transmission pipelines that crossed the city. Typically these pipelines are around twelve (12) inches in diameter and larger. Since that time, all transmission...
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