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Commissioners permit manufactured home zoning on floodplain parcel in Oologah after public concern over neighborhood precedence
Summary
The board approved a zoning change from AG to RST-40 for a 1-acre Oologah parcel to allow a manufactured home; speakers urged caution about setting a precedent, and staff noted the property sits in a floodplain requiring a floodplain development application before any permits.
The Rogers County Board approved a zoning change from agricultural (AG) to RST-40 to allow a manufactured home on a 1-acre tract at 7060 East 380 Road Unit B in Oologah (Case No. 2624).
Britney, a county planning staff member, told the board the parcel contains a former manufactured home and is entirely within a floodplain. She said the applicants must file a floodplain development application and provide a certificate of elevation before a building permit or power connection would be granted.
Several neighbors spoke at the public hearing. Mel Dainty of 9700 South 4100 Road said he was concerned the zoning change could set a precedent allowing mobile homes to proliferate in their otherwise newer single-family neighborhood. “My concern with approving the zoning change is a precedent that's going to set in the neighborhood,” Dainty told commissioners, adding he supported restoring services to the existing residence but feared multiple mobile homes could follow.
Planning staff said there is no administrative process to “grandfather” the structure; replacement as a nonconforming use is allowable only under limited circumstances (for example, if removal had occurred within six months prior to application), and the planning office advised the board that the zoning change process is the appropriate path for the current situation.
Commissioners voted to approve the rezoning; the motion carried with all present voting aye. Staff reiterated that the floodplain development application and elevation certificate are required before any new placement or permitting of the manufactured home.
