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Atoka moves to tighten neighborhood-center zoning; removes certain uses and adds setback rules
Summary
The planning commission presented changes to the neighborhood-center (NC) zoning district at first reading: a new 30-foot rear-yard setback, removal of most standalone residential uses (allowing residential only in mixed-use buildings by appeal), prohibition of vehicle repair/service stations and most fuel centers, and new criteria for the Board of Zoning Appeals to consider small theaters by appeal.
At a first reading April 14 the Atoka Board of Mayor and Aldermen reviewed a package of amendments that would revise permitted uses, structure types and development standards in the neighborhood-center (NC) zoning district.
Planning consultant Jim Atkinson summarized six main changes: adding a 30-foot rear-yard setback to prevent buildings from being sited at the rear property line; removing most standalone residential uses (allowing residential only in mixed-use upper floors by special approval on appeal); removing certain institutional uses; eliminating vehicle repair and service stations and most fuel centers from the district; defining "small theater" parameters and making small theaters allowable by appeal; and providing additional criteria for the Board of Zoning Appeals to consider during use-on-appeal reviews.
Atkinson said the revisions are intended to make the NC district less intense and more compatible with adjacent neighborhoods. Board members asked whether any pending applications would be affected; staff said there were no official applications or pre-application meetings on the record at this time. The ordinance passed first consideration by unanimous roll-call vote and will return for further consideration.
