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Board approves storage-facility variance after residents secure brick exterior for perimeter walls
Summary
The Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing metal paneling on most self-storage buildings but required brick on exterior-facing walls of Building G after neighborhood protests and multiple community meetings.
The Oklahoma City Board of Adjustment on an unspecified January meeting approved a variance allowing metal paneling for most interior buildings at a proposed self-storage project but required masonry (brick) on exterior-facing walls of Building G to address neighborhood concerns.
Neighbors and board members said the change was intended to preserve the visual character of the adjacent Fieldstone neighborhood and to respond to more than 50 written protests submitted on the application. The applicant, Ethan Slavin of 44 Storage LLC, said the primary reasons for requesting a metal finish were future maintenance and thermal concerns for non–climate-controlled storage units.
Ethan Slavin, representing 44 Storage LLC,…
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