Broken Arrow Planning Commission
07-14-2016
To: Chairman and Commission Members
From: Development Services Department
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Discussion regarding a proposal to create a new Single-Family Residential Zoning District, to be known as, RS-4, Single-Family Residential-4
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Background:
In May 2016, the Development Services Department was approached by a development group considering new, single-family subdivisions with 20-foot front yards. All existing single-family zoning districts (RS-1, R-2, RS-2, RS-3) allow a minimum 25 feet front building line. To achieve lesser building line setbacks, subdivisions have been done through the Planned Unit Development (PUD) process.
The new proposal is to create another Zoning district for single family detached homes with smaller lots with 20-foot front yards. This would allow new subdivisions to be built without going through a PUD process and achieve a similar result, but without open space dedications. The proposal would allow a zoning district that would have minimum front yards of 20 feet, minimum five (5) foot wide side yards (each, total 10 feet), and 20-foot rear yards. The lot frontage would be minimum 55 feet and the minimum size of the lot would be 6,500 square feet (55' x 118'). One addition to the RS-4 development standards that Staff has added since the last meeting is to allow the front building setback line to be reduced to 15 feet where vehicular access is derived from an alley. This would allow subdivisions to be developed where garages are located in the rear and are accessible via an alleyway.
This item was discussed at the June 9 and June 23, 2016, Planning Commission meetings. Staff has inserted the proposed revisions into the Zoning Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan. With the Comprehensive Plan, Staff is suggesting that RS-4 zoning be considered "possible" in Level 2. In Level 2, RS-4 would be in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan "when it is located adjacent to an arterial st...
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