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Board of Adjustment approves large setback variances for downtown arena project
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved variances allowing the new downtown arena and an associated parking garage to exceed the standard 10-foot front/side setbacks, with staff and the applicant citing crowd-management and safety needs.
Purvi Patel, representing Wallace Design Collective PC, told the Board of Adjustment that the downtown arena project requires much larger front- and side-yard setbacks than the Downtown Business District code allows because of occupancy loads, security protocols and event-driven access control. "Due to the occupancy load, security protocols and event driven access control, the arena requires a significantly large gathering space outside of the arena itself," Patel said.
The board voted to approve case number 16059, a request by Wallace Design Collective PC on behalf of the City of Oklahoma City for variances to the front and side yard setback…
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