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Council rejects rezoning with optional development plan after neighbor objections; multifamily uses removed during negotiation
Summary
The Tulsa City Council voted down a rezoning and optional development plan for a site at East 101st Street South and South Florence Avenue after neighbors and developers revised the plan to remove multifamily uses and add design controls.
The Tulsa City Council voted against a rezoning request (Z7799) with an optional development plan (ODP) for property at the southeast corner of East 101st Street South and South Florence Avenue after an extended discussion and public comment.
The ODP that staff returned to the council removed multifamily uses ("use category of 3 households or more on 1 lot") and eliminated funeral or mortuary services from allowed uses following negotiations between the developer and nearby residents. Planning staff representative Nathan Boss described the changes at the meeting: additional setbacks from Florence Avenue and from the development’s southern boundary, restrictions on second-story windows (frosting or minimum sill height), enhanced landscaping and lighting and reduced signage requirements. Boss said those standards would be reviewed by planning staff prior to permit issuance.
Three nearby homeowners spoke in support of the negotiated plan during the meeting. Council discussion included appreciation for the negotiation process but also disagreement: one councilor said they were "disappointed that the multifamily options were removed ... in lieu of our housing crisis." A motion to approve the rezoning with the ODP was seconded and put to a roll call vote; recorded votes in the transcript show several "no" votes and the motion failed.
The failure means the property remains in its existing zoning designation and the revised ODP the parties negotiated will not be adopted as an override to standard zoning for that parcel. Planning staff indicated the ODP and related materials were updated and distributed to council backup material on April 4 but the council did not adopt the optional plan.
