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Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment approves variance to replace burned manufactured home on substandard lot
Summary
The Board approved a variance allowing a manufactured single-wide to replace a fire-destroyed home on a roughly 0.88-acre R-2 lot, amending the setback to 85 feet from the road; board members cited septic, tree preservation and existing lot sizes as factors.
The Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment on March 13 approved a variance (VA-2025-05) to allow a manufactured single-wide home to be placed on a roughly 0.88-acre R-2 lot east of Potawatomi Road after a December fire destroyed the previous structure.
The variance lets the owner place the replacement home with an 85-foot front setback from the road, amended from the applicant's 70-foot request and the R-2 standard 100-foot setback. The approval followed a staff summary, testimony from the property owner and discussion about utility and topography constraints that limit alternate building locations.
County staff said the lot was created decades ago and is nonconforming under current rules that require 2 acres in R-2 zoning and a 100-foot setback from the center line of the road. Staff summarized the applicant's request and the property's…
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