Page 13 - Broken Arrow, OK Residential District Design Guidelines

DROD Area 6: Commercial/Mixed-Use Core

DROD Area 6 consists of the core Rose District properties that surround Main Street and
West Broadway Avenue. These areas exhibit a wide variety of building forms, architectural
characteristics and land uses. Buildings in this area strongly orient to Main Street and West
Broadway. Broken Arrow’s traditional commercial district is generally located in this area
along Main Street, between College and El Paso Streets. Other segments of Main to the north
and south of this core, as well as West Broadway, exhibit a mix of residential and commercial
development that continues to redevelop and change.

As described by the Broken Arrow Downtown Master Plan, the core of the DROD along Main
Street exhibits a variety of architectural styles, which should continue in future development.
New construction should be built to create a consistent street wall by promoting buildings to
built to the back of the sidewalk and at heights of two stories or greater. These same principles
and design standards should be promoted along West Broadway and along the full span of Main
Street through the DROD. New construction in Area 6 will include a variety of building forms
to increase intensity, activity and a pedestrian-oriented, urban feel; including rowhouses, flats,
mixed-use and commercial building forms.

Variety in architectural character and building form will continue to be promoted to create an
eclectic mix of commercial and high-density residential development.

New construction in Area 6 should establish active pedestrian street edges by incorporating
active uses along the ground floor and by providing high degrees of transparent storefronts. The
incorporation of awnings and architectural details along the ground floor and upper stories will
also enhance the pedestrian
street edges. The interaction
between private properties
and the public street should be
maximized to the fullest extent
feasible through the use of
windows, doors, porches
stoops, storefronts and other
features.

Building forms in Area 6 will
include residential rowhouses
and larger flats and mixed-use
commercial. A mix of these
forms at multiple stories is
appropriate and encouraged.

Figure 2.7

Broken Arrow Downtown Residential Overlay District (DROD) Design Standards 9