Broken Arrow Board of Adjustment
02-11-2019
To: Chairman and Board Members
From: Development Services Department
Title:
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Public hearing, consideration, and possible action regarding BOA 721, Lois McCleary Property, 0.30 acres, R-2, request to allow a recreational vehicle to be parked in front of the building line of a single-family residence, located one-third mile east of Elm Place (161st E. Avenue), north of Jasper Street (131st Street) at 8202 S. Ash Avenue
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Background:
Applicant: Lois McCleary
Owner: Lois McCleary
Developer: NA
Surveyor: Collins Land Surveying, Inc.
Location: One-third mile east of Elm Place (161st E. Avenue), north of Jaspser Street (131st Street) at 8202 S. Ash Avenue
Size of Tract 0.30 acres
Number of Lots:|910|Present Zoning: R-2
Comp Plan: Level 2
BOA 721 involves a request for a variance to allow a recreational vehicle (RV) to be parked in front of the building line of a single-family residence. The property is located one-third mile east of Elm Place (161st E. Avenue), north of Jasper Street (131st Street) at 8202 S. Ash Avenue.
According to Tulsa County records, the house at 8202 S. Ash Avenue was built in 1987. Applicant purchased the property in June 2017. Applicant states that the RV is her primary vehicle that she also uses for her work as a photographer. Applicant further states that her lot is narrow with insufficient space to park behind the front building line and that her RV is comparable in size to parking a full size pickup truck.
Section 5.4.K.4 of the Zoning Ordinance limits the amount of camping or travel trailer, hauling trailer, or recreational vehicle to one per household on any residential lot to one (1) for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours unless such is located behind the front building line. In 2018, Code Enforcement had 184 cases involving recreational vehicles or trailers parked in front of the building line.
For a variance to be granted, there are six conditions that mus...
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