Broken Arrow Planning Commission
06-08-2017
To: Chairman and Commission Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding SP-279 (Specific Use Permit), Union Peters Elementary, 10.34 acres, R-1, one-half mile south of Kenosha Street, one-quarter mile east of Olive Avenue
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Background:
Applicant: Nicole Watts, KKT Architects
Owner: Union Independent School District 9
Developer: N/A
Engineer: KKT Architects
Location: One-half mile south of Kenosha Street, one-quarter mile east of Olive Avenue
Size of Tract 10.34 acres
Number of Lots: 1
Present Zoning: R-1/SP-11
Comp Plan: Level 2
SP-279 is a request for a Specific Use Permit for a new electronic sign to replace the existing school sign at Peters Elementary School. The property, which contains 10.34 acres, is located approximately one-half mile south of Kenosha Street, one-quarter mile east of Olive Avenue.
Peters Elementary School is located in a residentially zoned district. The Specific User Permit for the school, SP-11, was approved by City Council on May 1, 1978.
In accordance with the zoning ordinance, permanent freestanding signs, which function as on-premises advertising and are located on lot used for institutional uses, including educational uses, may be constructed in residential districts as long as they do not exceed 32-square feet of display are and do not exceed 8-feet in height. Per Section 5.7.E.2 of the zoning ordinance, increases in display surface area and height may be requested through a PUD or Specific Use Permit. This section also allows the use of illumination, provided that it made by constant light which does not exceed 70-foot candles as measured at a distance of 2-feet from the source of light.
The SP-279 is being requested to allow the sign to have an illuminated LED board on a monument style base. The overall sign dimensions are approximately 8-feet in height and approximately 10.5 feet in width. The LED display portion of the new sign proposed by the applicant is approximately 2 ½ feet in height and approximately 8 ½ feet in width, with an estimated display area of 24-feet.
Surrounding land uses and zoning classifications include the following:
North: R-2/PUD-86A Residential Subdivision
East: R-3 Residential Subdivision
South: R-3 Residential Subdivision
West: R-2/FD Residential Subdivision and Flood District
The sign is not located in a 100-year floodplain area.
Schools are permitted in any residential district with a Specific Use Permit by the zoning ordinance. Illuminated signs are permitted in residential districts, as part of an intuitional use, such as a school, with a Specific Use Permit. SP-279 is therefore in accordance with the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance.
Attachments: Case map
Aerial photo
Conceptual site plan
Sign Details
Recommendation:
Based on the location of the property, and the surrounding land uses, Staff recommends that SP-279 be approved and that platting be waived.
Reviewed By: Larry R. Curtis
Approved By: Michael W. Skates
LRC:ALY