Broken Arrow Planning Commission
12-7-2017
To: Chairman and Commission Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding SP-288 (Specific Use Permit), New Life Baptist Church, 4.195 acres, R-2, South of Norman Street, one-quarter mile west of Elm Avenue
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Background:
Applicant: New Life Baptist Church
Owner: Tim Martindale, Trustee
Engineer: HRAOK, Salvador Titone, LLC
Location: South of Norman Street, one-quarter mile west of Elm Avenue
Size of Tract 4.195 acres
Number of Lots:|910|Present Zoning: R-2
Comp Plan Present: Level 2
SP-288 is a request for a Specific Use Permit for a place of assembly in a residential district and for a proposed LED sign for New Life Baptist Church. The unplatted property, which contains 4.195 acres, is located south of Norman Street, one-quarter mile west of Elm Avenue.
The current Broken Arrow Zoning Ordinance requires all places of assembly within agricultural and residential zoning districts to have a Specific Use Permit. New Life Baptist Church, Inc. purchased the site of the former Calvary Baptist Church that existed as a place of assembly prior to the current Zoning Ordinance requirement for obtaining a Specific Use Permit. Furthermore, 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. Therefore, SP-288 is a request for approval of a Specific Use Permit for a place of assembly and for an LED sign for New Life Baptist Church.
Due to funding limitations, the applicant is proposing two options for signage. The ...
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