Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 06-15-2017
To: Mayor and City Council Members
From: Development Services Department
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Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of PUD-261 (Planned Unit Development) and BAZ-1978 (Re-Zoning), Chestnut Creek, +/-11.06 acres, PUD-261/RS-2, one-quarter of a mile west of the northwest corner of Jasper Street and Aspen Avenue
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Background:
Planned Unit Development (PUD)-261 involves approximately 11.06 acres of undeveloped and unplatted property, located one-quarter of a mile west of the northwest corner of Jasper Street and Aspen Avenue. BAZ- 1978, a request to rezone this property from A-1 (Agriculture) to RS-2 (Single-Family Residential), has been submitted in conjunction with PUD-261. These applications have been submitted for a proposed 34 single- family attached and detached residential development.
This property was annexed into Broken Arrow City Limits on August 4, 2003 with Ordinance 2558 and was zoned A-1. Per the Broken Arrow Zoning Ordinance, whenever any vacant lot, parcel, or tract of land is annexed into the City of Broken Arrow, said territory shall be classified as "A-1," Agricultural District. On December 3, 2007, the City Council approved BAZ-1788 to change the zoning on part of the property associated with PUD-261 to R-2S. BAZ-1788 was approved, subject to platting. The property was never platted; as a result, the zoning remains A-1.
According to the FEMA maps, the north part of the property is located in a 100-year floodplain area of Aspen Creek. This area will be left as open space, which is in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan.
The property is designated as Levels 2 and Greenway/Floodplain in the Comprehensive Plan. RS-2 zoning is considered to be in accordance with Comprehensive Plan in Level 2 when it is an extension of an adjacent RS-2 or RS-3 district and would not preclude access to a potential higher intensity use from an arterial street. Therefore, the development re...
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