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Council advances large Fair Oaks master plan after amendment tying MPD uses to future zoning rules
Summary
After extended public comment and council scrutiny over data centers, infrastructure and environmental review, the Tulsa City Council approved the first-reading rezoning of MPD 6 (Fair Oaks) with an amendment that makes MPD use categories subject to future zoning-code revisions. Dissenters cited missing traffic, utility and species studies.
Tulsa City Council approved, by roll call, the first-reading rezoning of the proposed Fair Oaks master-planned development (MPD 6) after adding a friendly amendment that makes the MPD's use categories and definitions subject to any future revisions of the city zoning code.
The MPD 6 application, presented by developer Lou Reynolds, proposes a mixed-use community with neighborhood, town and regional centers, about 1,200 acres of preserved open space and an illustrative street system. Reynolds told the council the developers and the city have already invested in infrastructure in the corridor and said the proposal could yield tens of thousands of dwelling units over time and catalyze economic activity.
Why it matters: Speakers who live near the proposed area pressed the council for more information before rezoning, citing potential noise and environmental harms if data centers or other industrial uses expand near existing neighborhoods. Planning staff…
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