By John Dobberstein, Editor
An Oklahoma City firm plans to present a 224-acre master-planned, multi-use development on Broken Arrow’s east side before members of the Broken Arrow Planning Commission Tuesday.
According to a proposal made available to city planners and posted to the city’s legislative page, Buff Acres would be located at the southwest corner of East Kenosha Street and North 37th Street. It would be in close proximity to the Creek Turnpike, Muskogee Turnpike and State Highway 51 but not have direct access to any highway.
The project would include 100 acres of commercial development and more than 100 acres of various housing types, along with drainage ponds and other infrastructure.
A public hearing before the Planning Commission on a re-zoning request submitted by the developer for the project is slated for 5 p.m. at Broken Arrow City Hall.
The property is presently zoned A-1 Agricultural and an application has been filed to reZone the site to Commercial Heavy, RS-3 and RS-4 Single-Family Residential Districts, and RD Residential Duplex.
The most commercially viable section of the land extends along the Kenosha Street and 37th Street frontages, the company says, while the interior of the site is primarily planned for single-family homes. The southwest corner of the site, adjoining the Muskogee Turnpike/State Highway 51 interchange is planned for duplex dwellings.
Due to the site’s topography and natural drainageways, multiple stormwater detention ponds and drainage reserves are planned throughout the property and will serve dual purpose as neighborhood amenities including such uses as parks, playgrounds, trails, and fishing docks.
The neighborhood amenities would be maintained as common areas by a mandatory property owners’ association.
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Although the city’s zoning ordinances would permit 812 dwelling units with the proposed underlying zoning patterns, PUD 328 will restrict the development to 712 dwelling units, the developer says.
In the surrounding area, Angus Acres was developed in unincorporated Wagoner County, and an unplatted rural residential development abuts to the south.
Camino Villa, the Timber Ridge Elementary School, and vacant land, and Walmart Supercenter and other commercial developments are located to the north and northeast of the site across East Kenosha Street.
To the east across 37th Street, a new Timber Ridge Apartments development has been constructed north of a former golf driving range, which is now a church.
The site’s large size “allows design flexibility and a carefully balanced mix of uses and residential building styles,” according to the developer, B2 Properties.
But some opposition to the development, as proposed, is expected to draw protests from some nearby neighborhoods.
Sixteen adjoining property owners signed a zoning protest petition, filed with the city on Nov. 1, saying there are no adjoining properties zoned for higher-density housing types or major commercial use.
They also fear the project will dramatically increase traffic and “negatively affect the value of our homes, safety of children and cause devastating and irreparable damage to wildlife.”
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