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Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment approves variance to rebuild home on 1-acre R‑2 lot
Summary
The Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing a property owner to rebuild a single-family home on a 1-acre parcel zoned R-2, which normally requires a two-acre minimum. The house was demolished after repeated mold and plumbing failures; neighbors raised no formal protests.
The Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment approved a variance that will allow a property owner to rebuild a single-family house on a 1-acre parcel zoned R-2 after the original home was demolished.
The variance was approved at a board meeting of the Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment (date not specified). The board voted unanimously, with members Randy Goodman and Cooper Robinson recorded as voting "aye." No protests were submitted for the application, according to meeting comments.
The property owner, identified in the record as Ritzendoller, told the board the original house was built in 1971 by a family member and later passed down; she said she transferred ownership to her son, Savion Crawley. "The house had mold in it, and we tried to get it cleaned up, but then the pipes busted," Ritzendoller said. She told the board the pipes failed repeatedly and the home had other issues, including damaged siding, so the structure was demolished in June. "We just decided to rebuild," she said.
A county staff member provided zoning background to the board, saying the parcel is 1 acre and is zoned R-2. "With R-2 zoning, you have to have a 2-acre parcel to build a home back," the staff member said, explaining that the previous house constituted a nonconforming use that could continue only so long as the use was not changed. Because the house was demolished, staff said the owner must come into compliance with the current regulation or receive relief from it.
The staff member also told the board that adjacent parcels to the east are similarly 1-acre lots developed in the 1960s and 1970s, and that acquiring an additional acre to meet the two-acre requirement would likely be impractical. The board recorded no public protests on the application.
A board member moved to approve the variance; the motion passed with Goodman and Robinson recorded as voting yes. The meeting record does not specify which board member formally moved or seconded the variance motion by name in the transcript excerpt.
The item will allow the owner to rebuild a single-family residence on the existing 1-acre parcel despite the R-2 two-acre minimum; the transcript does not specify conditions attached to the variance, any required permits, or a building timeline.
