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Owasso Board of Adjustment approves special exception for 600‑square‑foot garage at 8304 East 99th Street
Summary
The Owasso Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a special exception Nov. 25 to allow a detached accessory structure of about 600 square feet at 8304 East 99th Street; planning staff recommended approval after finding setbacks and lot‑coverage limits would be met and the HOA had approved the plan.
The Owasso Board of Adjustment on Tuesday, Nov. 25 approved a special exception allowing a homeowner at 8304 East 99th Street to build a detached accessory structure larger than 500 square feet.
Planning staff, identified in the record as Miss Beamer, told the board the applicant proposed a detached garage of approximately 600 square feet — about 20 by 30 feet and roughly 18.5 feet tall — on a pie‑shaped lot of about 0.67 acres in The Summit at Southern Links subdivision. The property is zoned RS‑3 within Owasso PUD 9; staff said the proposal would meet the setback requirements and would not exceed the lot‑coverage maximum of 20 percent.
"After review, staff did determine that the request would not be injurious to the surrounding neighborhood or negatively harm the intent or spirit of the Owasso zoning code," Miss Beamer said, and recommended approval of case OBOA‑25‑10, a special exception to allow an accessory structure exceeding 500 square feet in a residential single‑family district.
When a board member asked about the "spirit and intent" of the 500‑square‑foot threshold, Miss Beamer said the standard was intended to preserve open space on smaller lots and that staff is proposing to raise the threshold as part of a zoning‑code update because the board has received many similar requests. She also explained that setback distances increase as structure height increases.
Staff reported the homeowners association had approved the applicant's submittal and said no written or in‑person comments were received on the item. Miss Beamer noted that, if the special exception is approved, the applicant still must submit a building permit and a plot plan for review by the building‑permitting team before construction may begin.
A board member moved to approve the special exception and the chair seconded. The roll‑call vote in the record shows the members present answered "yes" and the chair declared the motion approved. The board then moved on to new business and adjourned.
