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Board approves multiple variances, including signs for Oklahoma City bombing 30th-anniversary commemoration
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a slate of zoning and sign variances across the city, including commercial sign replacements, front-yard/setback variances and commemorative signage at the Sixth Street underpass tied to the Oklahoma City bombing 30th anniversary.
The Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment approved several routine variance requests for commercial properties and granted a right-of-way sign variance to allow commemorative signage for the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Decisions included approvals for property-specific variances to setbacks, replacements of existing signs, and sign-location exceptions in downtown right-of-way for a commemorative underpass installation.
Notable approvals on the docket:
- Case 15833 (4450 Northwest Expressway, Spin City/Wallace Design Collective): variance to platted front-yard setback(s) and approval to use prefab architectural metal panels and cladding consistent with other Spin City locations; motion to approve carried.
- Case 15804 (4720 Southwestern Avenue, SAS Property LLC / Veronica Martinez): variance to allow a new LED sign in the right of way in the General Office District; applicant said the replacement sign will sit in the same location as the existing sign and is a brick structure; motion to approve carried.
- Case 15837 (7601 Southwest 34th Street, IT Properties / Matt Mauer): variance to site-standard sidewalk and setback requirements to allow an 11-foot paved driveway and addition behind the building; board approved the variance to enable access and the requested addition.
- Case 15843 (921 SE 15th Street, Bridging the Gap LLC / Mike Patterson): variance to front-yard setback rules; the Urban Design Commission had approved the project; board approved the requested variance.
- Case 15841 (3 NE 6th Street, Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership / G and S Sign Services): variance to allow commemorative signage in the downtown business district right of way for the Oklahoma City bombing 30th-anniversary project. Applicant Cameron Gleason said design review commission (DRC) approved the concept with a color-temperature condition; BNSF railroad provided written consent for the portion over the railroad, and the board approved the right-of-way variance without additional conditions.
Board chair and staff confirmed that approvals for signage still require DDRC sign approval and any subsequent changes would return to DDRC for certificate or review as required by city procedures.
All motions for the listed variance items were approved on voice votes and recorded as approved in the meeting minutes.
