With its vibrant Rose District, booming housing developments and quality schools, Broken Arrow lands high on the list of desirable of places to live. The movie industry discovered the city last year, and a major amphitheater is under construction that will bring quality entertainment.
But on Monday, the city of 123,000 will faces a difficult debate as the Broken Arrow City Council considers a request by the Islamic Society of Tulsa to build a mosque and retail center on the city’s southwest side.
The 15-acre site sits along Olive Avenue, just south of the Creek Turnpike, and IST is request a rezoning of ag-zoned property and a conditional use permit for a placer of assembly — both of which were recently recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. A public hearing before the City Council for IST’s requests is slated for 6 p.m. Monday in the Administrative Services Building at Northeastern State University-BA’s campus…