Broken Arrow Downtown Advisory Board
05-09-2017
To: Chairperson and Board Members
From: Development Services
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Consideration and possible approval to recommend two new single family residences, located at 520 & 524 N. 1st Street, Lots 21, 22, 23, & 24, Block 2, Original Town of Broken Arrow
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Background:
The applicant, Bill Leet, has submitted for review and approval, site plan, floor plan and elevation drawings, for the construction of two new single-family homes. Each two-story structure is approximately 2,361 square feet. The property is generally located at 520 and 524 N 1st Street, one-quarter mile south of Kenosha Street, one-half mile west of 9th Street. The property is platted as Lots 21-24, Block 2, Original Town of Broken Arrow. The property is zoned R-3 and is neighbored by other single-family residential homes to the north, east and south. To the west of the homes is a shopping center which faces Main Street. The shopping center is separated from the properties by an existing alley.
The proposed structures meet the rear and side yard setback requirements for the R-3 zoning district. The minimum street frontage requirement for the R-3 district is 60-feet. The proposed lots each have 54-feet of street frontage however, Section 8.4 of the zoning ordinance allows single-family dwellings and customary accessory buildings to be constructed on any lot which is of official record on the effective date of the ordinance. Section 8.4 requires nonconforming lots of record to have a minimum lot width of 50-feet, a minimum of 15-feet of side yard (one must be 10-feet), and front and rear yards in conformance with the zoning district of the lot. The proposed lots meet all of the requirements of Section 8.4.
Chapter 5.8.D.2.b of the Zoning Ordinance requires the development of new residential structures to be generally compatible in appearance with other existing structures on the block that comply with the ordinance. The ordinance requires ...
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