Tulsa council continues debate on rezoning at Florence Avenue after neighbors raise privacy, traffic and process concerns

The Tulsa City Council on Wednesday continued a rezoning application for roughly 9.5 acres at the southeast corner of East 101st Street South and South Florence Avenue after nearby homeowners urged more time to review an optional development plan and to weigh traffic and trespass impacts.

Planning staff described two competing versions of an optional development plan offered for Z7799. Nathan Foster of the Tulsa planning office told the council the applicant’s proposed ODP (version 1) would retain housing as an allowed use while adding setbacks and limits on signage and lighting; a staff‑drafted version (version 2) would further restrict multifamily apartments and require denser landscaping and lower monument sign heights.

The case matters to neighborhood leaders because the site borders several established subdivisions and a private retention pond that…