Tulsa Board of Adjustment approves multiple sign variances, auto-sales exception and other zoning requests

The Tulsa Board of Adjustment on Tuesday approved a slate of variances and special exceptions affecting commercial signage, vehicle-sales uses and a mix of residential setbacks and accessory-structure requests, voting unanimously on most items after brief presentations and limited public comment.

The board granted multiple variances that will allow dynamic (LED) gas‑price displays to exceed the 48-square‑foot limit in several commercial districts for properties represented by Cloud (Claude) Neon / Maverick. The decisions covered six separate Board of Adjustment cases for individual sites (addresses listed below) where applicants sought relief for additional dynamic-display sign area and for more than one such display per lot. Applicant representative Pete Webb told the board the LED elements are limited to changing price digits and a short “nitro” label every eight seconds, not animated video; he said the requested increases respond to lot configuration and visibility needs at highway intersections.

The board also approved a special exception to allow vehicle sales and rentals at 5 S. 100 Ninth E. Place, a request for an expanded set of vehicle‑related uses and variances to parking/screening at a Fontana shopping‑center parcel tied to a proposed Chevrolet dealer expansion, driveway and setback variances for a proposed single‑family house in RS‑2, a reduced rear setback for another RS‑1 lot, a modest height variance for an accessory building in the rear yard on an older lot, and two religious/assembly related approvals for a small neighborhood church site.

Most votes were 4‑0 in favor; in the case of a proposed entertainment/assembly use at 3019 S. Sheridan Road (a proposed hookah lounge and performance venue), the board approved a special exception but imposed a five‑year time limit on the approval so the applicant must return for review after that period.

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