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Board of Adjustment approves duplex and reduced open‑space at 5522 N. Hartford
Summary
The City of Tulsa Board of Adjustment approved a special exception to allow a duplex in an RS‑3 zone and granted a variance reducing the required open space per unit from 2,500 to 2,255 square feet for 5522 N. Hartford Ave., citing the applicant’s stated practical hardship and neighborhood‑scale design changes.
The City of Tulsa Board of Adjustment on Sept. 9 approved a special exception to permit a duplex at 5522 North Hartford Avenue and granted a variance reducing the RS‑3 minimum open space per unit requirement from 2,500 square feet to 2,255 square feet.
The applicants, LaShawn Ellison and representatives, told the board the request was needed because practical constraints tied to the lot’s width and a desire to keep the units one‑story made it difficult to meet the green‑space requirement while achieving a duplex plan they deemed compatible with the neighborhood. "The hardship is more practical than anything else," LaShawn Ellison said, describing…
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