Tulsa councilors weigh 6-unit ‘cottage court’ rezoning, neighbors cite traffic and privacy concerns

The Urban and Economic Development Committee on May 21 discussed rezoning application Z7809, which would change a roughly 0.97-acre lot east of the southeast corner of East 16th Street and South Atlanta Avenue from RS-3 (single-family) to RM-2 (multifamily) with an optional development plan to allow a six-unit cottage court.

Planning staff said the applicant, property owner Jeremy Wilkinson, proposes six detached “cottage court” homes clustered around a central green with consolidated parking. City staff described the units as detached two‑story homes with individual footprints capped by the zoning code (a 1,000‑square‑foot footprint is the code maximum for cottage court units), and said the plan prohibits apartments and short‑term rentals, increases setbacks, and raises landscaping and second‑story window standards to protect adjacent neighbors.

Nathan, a city planner assisting the committee, said the property sits adjacent to the Broken Arrow Expressway and that an applicant‑provided survey identifies the lot as 0.97 acres (the assessor’s records previously showed about 0.7 acres). The planning recommendation uses the survey figure…