Page 31 - Broken Arrow, OK Residential District Design Guidelines

Floor Height:
This design standard seeks to establish consistent ranges of heights of individual floors within
each Area in order to maintain visual continuity along a street. This also seeks to establish
adequate height to support quality space for tenants or owners that is also in the range of
traditional floor dimensions, which is particularly important in Downtown, Area 6. Floor height
is measured as the vertical distance from the top of a floor’s structure to the lowest point of the
ceiling of that same floor.
Floor Height applies to: Single-Family, Two-Family, 3-Plex/4-Plex/Mansion Apartment, Cottage
Court, Flats

Roof Form:
This design standard aims to create a consistent use of roof forms throughout an Area to provide
visual consistency, and to provide for architectural variety in other Areas. The use of a given roof
form will either maintain consistency in architectural form or support variety, depending on how
the standard is applied in a given DROD Area.
Roof Form applies to: Single-Family, Two-Family, 3-Plex/4-Plex/Mansion Apartment, Cottage
Court, Rowhouse, Flats, Mixed-Use A, Mixed-Use B/Commercial

Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Building Height:
This standard is intended to promote Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) that are visually
compatible with and subordinate to their primary buildings, as well as buildings on their
neighboring lots. Providing a maximum height for an ADU promotes scale that is compatible with
Broken Arrow and ensures access to air and light.
ADU Building Height applies to: Single-Family

Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Roof Form:
This standard is intended to promote Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) that are visually
compatible with and subordinate to their primary buildings, as well as buildings on their
neighboring lots. Regulating the roof form of an ADU aims to create a range of roof forms that
are consistent with the primary structure, while also providing some architectural variety.
ADU Roof Form applies to: Single-Family

Garage and Carport (if visible):
This standard seeks to minimize the presence of garages that are visible from the street. It is also
intended to ensure that a garage is subordinate to the primary building. This will contribute to
street level interest, thereby increasing walkability.
Garage and Carport applies to: Single-Family, Two-Family, Flats

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