Tulsa County Planning Commission approves RE/PUD zoning for estate-lot subdivision despite neighbors' infrastructure concerns

The Tulsa County Planning Commission on an unspecified date approved zoning changes to permit an estate-lot planned-unit development (PUD) on property near Deer Run and the City of Bixby, voting to accept staff recommendations after more than an hour of public comment raising infrastructure and environmental concerns.

Neighbors told the commission they regularly experience low water pressure, recurring outages and localized flooding. Randy Mashburn, a Deer Run resident, said he formally objected to the rezoning and warned that adding more homes would strain utilities and emergency response: “I want to take this time to formally object a proposal to rezone a portion of the land referenced in PUD 874,” Mashburn said, citing water outages, traffic safety and school overcrowding.

Several residents described repeated water and power interruptions and flood impacts at their homes. Judy Brown, whose property adjoins the proposed site, said a previously built house caused persistent backyard flooding: “Our garage fills up every time…