Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 01-02-2019
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Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of PUD-17B (Planned Unit Development Major Amendment) Vandever Acres Center, 5 acres, CG, located north and west of the northwest corner of New Orleans Street and Elm Place
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Background:
Planned Unit Development (PUD)-17B involves a 5-acre parcel located north and west of the northwest corner of New Orleans Street and Elm Place. With PUD-17B, applicant is proposing a major amendment to PUD-17 to allow Place of Assembly as a permitted use and to develop the property for a place of assembly and commercial uses.
On the proposed Development Area Plan, 37,500 square feet of the existing 50,000-square-foot building would be dedicated to place of assembly use, while 12,500 square feet is proposed to be remodeled for commercial use as Phase I of the development. Phase I will also include removal of the existing hut east of the existing building, rights-of-way and easement dedications and bringing the entire property into compliance with current zoning code requirements unless otherwise noted in the PUD. Phase II is proposed to include the development of a new maximum 7,000-square-foot retail building in Development Area "B" located on the southern portion of the lot along New Orleans Street.
The Planning Commission heard the request for a major amendment to PUD-17 at two public hearings. In their meeting of October 25, 2018, the Planning Commission continued PUD-17B (3-1 vote) to the December 6, 2018 meeting to allow the City's consultant, Catalyst Commercial, time to evaluate how this request would correspond with the study under way. Several people spoke on this item both for and in opposition to the request. Those in favor cited the difficulty in finding a suitable tenant for the space and the desire to have an entity in the building that is ready to use it. They further ...
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