Broken Arrow City Council
12-20-2016
To: Mayor and City Council Members
From: Development Services Department
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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, ...
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