Broken Arrow Planning Commission
07-13-2017
To: Chairman and Commission Members
From: Development Services Department
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding SP-281 (Specific Use Permit), South B.A. Baptist Church, 7.50 acres, R-2,RM/SP-216, one-quarter mile north of Jasper Street, east of Elm Place
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Background:
Applicant: Donna J. Emmons, Tehillah Concepts
Owner: South B.A. Baptist Church
Developer: N/A
Engineer: N/A
Location: One-quarter mile north of Jasper Street east of Elm Place
Size of Tract 7.50 acres
Number of Lots:|910|Present Zoning: R-2, RM/SP-216
Comp Plan: Level 3, Level 6
SP-281 is a request for a Specific Use Permit to modify the existing church sign at South B.A. Baptist Church and to add a new electronic sign. The property, which contains 7.50 acres.
South B.A. Baptist Church is located in residentially zoned districts. The Specific Use Permit for the church, SP-216, was approved by City Council on January 16, 2007. One of the parcels included in the project site was platted as Indian Springs Baptist Church Addition on November 16, 1981, and the other parcel was platted as Elm Center at Indian springs on February 5, 2007.
In accordance with the zoning ordinance, permanent freestanding signs, which function as on-premises advertising and are located on a lot used for institutional uses, including places of assembly, 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 is 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-281 is being requested to allow the sign to remove the upper portion of the existing monument sign an...
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