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Board of Adjustment approves larger detached garage at 1320 S. 80th E. Ave.
Summary
The Tulsa Board of Adjustment approved a variance allowing a detached accessory building to increase from 1,277 to 2,420 square feet for property at 1320 S. 80th E. Ave., citing lot size and topography as the hardship.
The Tulsa Board of Adjustment on May 27 approved a variance allowing a detached accessory building at 1320 South 80 Third East Avenue to increase allowable floor area from 1,277 square feet to 2,420 square feet.
The board said the lot’s size and its topographical conditions created an unnecessary hardship that justified the relief. The motion to approve the variance was seconded and passed with three ayes and one abstention.
The applicant is listed in the agenda packet as Jesse Stringer for 8 Point Creative LLC; an applicant representative appeared and described outreach to neighbors and efforts to address complaints about equipment and parking. The representative told the board the proposed 6-car garage would be wood-frame, match the house’s siding and roof pitch, and would be used for vehicle storage. The representative said the owner had secured off-site storage for heavier equipment and that the proposed garage would primarily shelter family vehicles and a personal work truck.
Board members asked about alternatives such as an attached structure, noise and flood‑plain constraints, tree removal, and evidence of a business operating on the property. Staff and the applicant’s representative said code enforcement and other city processes would still apply if a business were operating from the property; an approval for the accessory building would not authorize commercial use.
At the hearing board members who voted in favor—Mr. Wallace, Mr. Barrientos and Ms. Stauffer—said the lot’s irregular location at the end of a short block, limited street parking and mature trees made the request more reasonable. The chair abstained from the vote. The board added a correction to the site plan record noting that a label reading “new drive” on sheet 3.11 was a typo and that no new driveway would be constructed in that location.
The approval applies to the conceptual plans shown in the board packet and includes the finding that the requested variance is the minimum relief necessary and will not alter the essential character of the neighborhood.
