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Owasso Board of Adjustment OKs special exception for accessory structure at 710 N. Carlsbad St.
Summary
The Owasso Board of Adjustment unanimously approved OBOA 24-03, allowing a second detached accessory structure (a repurposed shipping container) at 710 North Carlsbad Street that will raise total accessory floor area on the lot to 820 square feet.
The Owasso Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to approve OBOA 24-03, a special exception permitting a second detached accessory structure at 710 North Carlsbad Street. The vote approved a 320-square-foot building that will raise the lot's total accessory-structure floor area to about 820 square feet, above the 500-square-foot threshold that triggers board review.
Planning staff told the board the property is unplatted, about 0.64 acres in size and zoned RS-3 (residential single-family, high intensity). Staff said an existing accessory building on the lot is roughly 500 square feet, and the applicant proposes an additional detached storage building approximately 8 feet by 40 feet (320 square feet), which staff said would be a repurposed shipping container. "Staff does recommend approval of OBOA 24-03, a special exception to allow for the construction of an additional accessory structure of 320 square feet," planning staff said.
Staff said the proposed building would meet required setbacks, would be set back from the southern edge of the existing accessory structure, and that preliminary checks found no utility easements along the west side of the lot. Staff also said the total rear-yard coverage would remain within the zoning code's 20% rule. The board was told that if the exception is approved, the applicant must submit a building permit and a plot plan; staff will re-check easements and other constraints during the permit review.
The applicant described the proposed structure as intended "primarily just [for] storage," saying the additional space would let the family remove storage from inside the house. Planning staff acknowledged the 500-square-foot limit has produced several recent Board of Adjustment cases and said the city is reviewing potential zoning-code changes; staff noted Tulsa recently modified its approach to similar accessory structures.
No written or phone objections were reported by staff; required notices were sent to properties within 300 feet and the case was advertised in the newspaper. During the meeting, a motion to approve the special exception was made and seconded; the roll-call vote recorded Ramey: yes, Davis: yes, Bosch: yes, and the motion carried unanimously. The board did not attach conditions to the approval. The applicant must obtain a building permit and show final placement on a plot plan before construction begins.
The decision applies only to the special exception described in OBOA 24-03; any future changes (for example, adding a second story) would be subject to building-code review and, if necessary, additional approvals.
