Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 05-21-2019
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Approval of SP-232A (Specific Use Permit), Independent School District No. 9 (Union Public Schools, McAuliffe Elementary), 9.64 acres, Residential Multi-Family (RM)/Single-Family Residential (R-3), located one-quarter mile north of Kenosha Street (71st Street), east of Garnett Road (113th E. Avenue)
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Background:
SP-232A (Specific Use Permit) is a request for a Specific Use Permit Amendment to replace the existing monument sign with a digital sign. The property is platted as Lots Two (2) and Three (3) of the Union Plaza Addition, located one-quarter mile north of Kenosha Street (71st Street), east of Garnett Road (113th E. Avenue).
On January 19, 1981, the City Council approved SP-20 for a Junior High School as well as the Union Plaza Addition (recorded in Tulsa County on March 11, 1982. The platted area includes the junior high/8th grade center and the property that McAuliffe Elementary was later built on. On September 1, 2009, the City Council approved SP-232 to replace the existing freestanding sign located on the campus of the Union Eighth Grade Center with a 22-foot-high sign. While the proposed sign change for McAuliffe Elementary School was advertised at SP-232A, it is more appropriate that it be recognized as SP-20A.
With SP-232A, the applicant is proposing to replace the existing monument sign with a digital message board sign. In accordance with the zoning ordinance, permanent freestanding signs, which function as on-premise advertising and are located on a lot used for institutional uses 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. A Specific Use Permit is also required for digital signs. The proposed digital sign includes 26.6 square feet of s...
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