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Board approves 115-foot billboard and larger display at 1419 W. 51st; applicant cited highway elevation
Summary
The Tulsa Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing a 115-foot overall sign height and larger display area for an off-premise outdoor advertising sign at 1419 West 51st Street South, citing topographic and future overpass elevation as hardship factors.
The Board of Adjustment voted to permit a taller and larger outdoor advertising sign for a project at 1419 West 51st Street South, approving an increase in permitted display area from 553.12 square feet to 672 square feet and raising the permitted overall sign height to 115 feet.
Applicant Jeff Gordon of Gordon Outdoor Advertising and his engineer presented survey data and an ODOT (Oklahoma Department of Transportation) elevation for a future overpass near the site. Gordon said base-grade at the sign location is approximately elevation 674.3 feet and ODOTs projected centerline elevation for the future road is about 739.83 feet; the applicant argued the topography and future interchange geometry made a taller sign necessary for visibility.
Board discussion focused on basing a variance on future road elevation versus existing grade. Several board members favored a clear numeric allowance for sign height and tied the approval to the conceptual plans in the agenda packet. The board moved to approve the variances, citing topographical difficulties and the proposed ODOT structures as the hardship.
What the board approved: a variance to increase the allowed display area to 672 square feet and to increase permitted sign height to 115 feet, limited to the conceptual plan pages cited at the hearing. Staff and the board discussed including conditions tied to the submitted engineering exhibits.
Votes: motion carried unanimously with recorded aye votes from board members present.
