Broken Arrow, OK Building Setbacks & Zoning: Structure Height Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Max building height (RS)
- 35 feet
- Min lot area
- 6,500 sq ft
- Front setback
- 25 feet
- Max lot coverage
- 50 percent
Summary
Single-family homes in Broken Arrow's RS zoning district are capped at 35 feet in building height, set alongside the district's minimum lot size and setback standards.
C.Dimensional standards. Table 3-1-2-1, RS Dimensional Standards, below, establishes the standards for developing new neighborhoods in the RS zoning district. Figure 3-1-2-1, RS Subdivision Development Options Illustrative, provides a visual example of an RS development.
Table 3-1-2-1 RS Dimensional Standards Standards Illustrative Minimum Lot
A Area 6,500 sq. ft. B Frontage 5 60 ft. Minimum Building Setback C Front 2 25 ft. F Rear 20 ft. D Side (one, total) 5 ft., 10 ft. E Side and rear adjacent to arterial 35 ft. E Setback on corner or adjacent to public street/alley 25 ft. Maximum
— Building Height 35 ft.
— Lot Coverage 1 50%
TABLE NOTES:
1. Additional ten percent lot coverage allowed for corner lots
2. For lots in single-family residential districts with two or more sides abutting a public way (not including arterials), the front yard may be reduced to 15 feet along those rights-of-way that have no vehicular access. In such instances, there shall be no obstruction in a 15-foot front yard (such as buildings, fences, parked vehicles, etc.) and vehicular access should be from the street with the lowest design speed and capacity and lowest traffic volume. The jog in the front yard between the two lots shall not exceed five feet.
3. The minimum lot frontage of any wedge-shaped lot may be measured at the build line. Lot must have at least 30 feet of frontage where the lot abuts the street.
Figure 3-1-2-1 RS Development Illustrative
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 43).
Full Breakdown
Broken Arrow's Single-Family Residential (RS) zoning district caps building height at 35 feet, set out in Table 3-1-2-1 of Zoning Ordinance Sec. 3-1-2. The same table pairs the height cap with a 6,500-square-foot minimum lot area, a 25-foot front setback (reducible to 15 feet on some corner lots per Table Note 2), a 20-foot rear setback, and 5-foot/10-foot side setbacks. Lot coverage is capped at 50 percent citywide in RS, with an extra 10 percent allowed on corner lots. The 35-foot cap applies specifically to platted single-family neighborhoods; the adjoining AG (agricultural) district allows taller construction, up to 50 feet, so the limit is not uniform across every residentially zoned parcel in the city.
Violations & Fines
Building above 35 feet in an RS-zoned lot without a variance or PUD approval violates Table 3-1-2-1's Maximum Building Height standard and can require the excess portion of the structure to be removed.
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