Broken Arrow Board of Adjustment
08-08-2016
To: Chairman and Board Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding BOA 717, Kenwood Addition, Lot 1, Block 2, 0.30 acres, R-2, request to reduce the building line setback along both N. Kenwood Avenue and N. Highland Drive to accommodate the encroachment of the existing structure into the building line setback requirement, located one-half mile east of Elm Place, north of Kenosha Street at 1036 N. Kenwood Drive
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Background:
Applicant: Ronald Whiting
Owner: Ronald Whiting
Developer: NA
Surveyor: James M. Powers
Location: One-half mile east of Elm Place, north of Kenosha Street at 1036 N. Kenwood Drive
Size of Tract 0.30 acres
Number of Lots:|910|Present Zoning: R-2
Comp Plan: Level 2
BOA 717 involves a request for a variance to reduce the front building setback line along both N. Kenwood Avenue and N. Highland Drive for an existing structure. Detailed dimensions have not been provided, but from the survey drawing submitted, the existing structure encroaches approximately 20 feet into the 25 foot building line setback along N. Highland Drive and approximately 15 feet into the 25 foot building line setback along N. Kenwood Drive. The home is located on Lot 1, Block 2 in the Kenwood Addition, one-half mile east of Elm Place, north of Kenosha Street at 1036 N. Kenwood Drive. According to the applicant, the home was constructed in 1950, the plat for Kenwood Addition was recorded in Tulsa County in June 1948.
On May 31, 2016 a survey for mortgage purposes was performed on the property, which found parts of the existing structure to be built over the 30-foot building setback line. The property is zoned R-2 which only requires a front setback of 25-feet, however the plat of the property shows 30-foot front building lines.
When this home was built in 1950, the property was not within the city limits of Broken Arrow. The pr...
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