Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 01-15-2019
To: Mayor and City Council Members
From: Development Services Department
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Consideration, discussion, and possible approval of BAZ-2019, McGraw Expansion, 0.45 acres, R-3/DROD Area 1 to DM/DROD Area 6, one-eighth mile north of Houston Street (81st Street), one-half mile east of Elm Place (161st E. Avenue) on the northeast corner of Ash Avenue and Galveston Street
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Background:
BAZ-2019 is a request to change the zoning designation on a 0.45-acre parcel from R-3 (Single-Family Residential)/DROD Area 1 to DM (Downtown Mixed Use)/DROD Area 6. The property is located one-eighth mile north of Houston Street (81st Street), one-half mile east of Elm Place (161st E. Avenue) on the northeast corner of Ash Avenue and Galveston Street. A single-family residential structure along with accessory buildings are presently located on the property. Applicant, who owns the abutting property to the east, is interested in purchasing the property and removing the existing structures to construct a parking lot. It is applicant's desire to construct a new building on the existing parking lot next to Main Street and use the property associated with BAZ-2019 to construct a new parking lot. The property associated with BAZ-2019 has been platted as Lots 6 through 10, Block 67 of the Original Town of Broken Arrow.
The Design Standards of the Downtown Residential Overlay District (DROD) were adopted by the City Council on January 2, 2018. As noted in the DROD document, "The DROD is intended to facilitate residential and mixed-use conservation of residential character in stable neighborhoods, while also accommodating increased residential densities, mixed-use development and commercial activities in targeted areas to enhance activity and commerce." The DROD does not address parking space requirements. As a result, Staff bases the parking space requirements on the underlying zoning.
The property associated with BAZ-...
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