Broken Arrow Planning Commission
07-13-2017
To: Chairman and Commission Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding SP-280 (Specific Use Permit), Graves Scout Reservation, 170.01 acres, A-1, northeast corner of New Orleans Street and 23rd Street
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Background:
Applicant: William W. Haines, Indian Nations Council, BSA
Owner: Indian Nations Council, BSA
Developer: Indian Nations Council, BSA
Engineer: NA
Location: Northeast corner of New Orleans Street and 23rd Street
Size of Tract 170.01 acres
Number of Lots:|910|Present Zoning: A-1
Comp Plan: Greenway/Floodplain and Private Recreation
SP-280 is a request for a Specific Use Permit for a "Place of Assembly" for the Indian Nations Council, Inc. Boy Scouts of America, along with a request to modify the freestanding sign requirement associated with the campgrounds. The property is located on the northeast corner of New Orleans Street and 23rd Street.
A Boy Scout camp was established on the property in 1944 when Russell Kelce, president of Seneca Coal Company, donated the first of two parcels of abandoned coal-pit land to Broken Arrow Boy Scout Troop 104. "Places of Assembly", such as that associated with the Boys Scouts, require a Specific Use Permit, which has not been obtained on the property.
The Boy Scouts of America wants to replace and upgrade some of the signs that are located at the entries to the campgrounds. The property is zoned A-1, which limits signs to 32 square feet in size and eight feet in height. In accordance with Section 5.7.E.2 of the zoning ordinance, permanent freestanding signs, which function as on-premises advertising signs and are located on lots used for institutional use such as educational, religious or charitable institution, may be increased to the standards for commercial signs through a PUD or Specific Use Permit.
With SP 280, applicant is requesting to have three new signs and to repl...
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