Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 10-03-2023
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Consideration, discussion, and possible appeal of Planning Commission denial of PUD-000956-2023 (Planned Unit Development), Cypress Business Park, approximately 0.28 acres, CG (Commercial General)/PUD-3 to CG (Commercial General)/PUD-000956-2023, one-eighth mile northwest of the northwest corner of New Orleans Street (101st Street) and Elm Place (161st E. Avenue)
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Background:
The property associated with Cypress Business Park is an undeveloped tract of land located approximately one-eighth mile northwest of the northwest corner of New Orleans Street (101st Street) and Elm Place (161st E. Avenue). The property is platted as Lot 4 and the West 75' of Lot 5, Block One of Vandever Acres Office Park and zoned CG (Commercial General), along with PUD-3. PUD-03 indicates all eight lots in Vandever Acres were originally intended to be developed as a medical office park when it was platted in 1977. However, under current 2023 conditions, the surrounding area has changed, and the area has gravitated from Medical to Commercial General uses.
The Owner/Developer of the subject tract proposes to abrogate PUD-03 and requests a new PUD to permit light manufacturing of glass products only (windows/doors) in an enclosed building on a portion of the subject tract, while the remainder will be for other uses permitted in the CG zone: office and commercial uses.
While the CG district does not support light manufacturing uses, the New Orleans Square Overlay District abutting the south property line permits a Makerspace use, which allows the small-scale activities requested by the Owner/Developer. The developer has confirmed that the intended operations of the light industrial space will fall within the Makerspace definition stated below. In addition, per the same requirements of the abutting UG (Urban General) district of the New Orleans Square Overlay District, the Makerspace use is restricted to a maximum of 5,000 ...
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