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Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment denies setback variance for Toona Road commercial lots

6490146 · August 15, 2025
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Summary

The board voted 2-1 to deny a request to reduce the side-yard setback from 25 feet to 10 feet for commercial lots on Toona Road adjacent to a longtime church, citing insufficient demonstration of an exceptional undue hardship.

At its meeting, the Oklahoma County Board of Adjustment denied a requested variance to reduce the required side-yard setback from 25 feet to 10 feet for proposed commercial lots at Toona Road and Waterloo Road.

The setback request, filed for property owned by Jackalope Holdings and represented by Jason Emmett of Cedar Creek Consulting, would have allowed buildings on Lots 2 and 3 to sit 10 feet from the property line shared with an existing church zoned R-2. County planning staff said the property has been rezoned commercial and the applicant seeks smaller setbacks to preserve usable building area while avoiding placing parking…

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