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Oklahoma City planning director outlines zoning rewrite to allow duplexes and small‑lot homes
Summary
Planning Director Jeff Butler presented a draft zoning code focused on the urban core that would allow duplexes, small-lot single-family homes, quadplexes and optional design-review tools; staff solicited resident input via live surveys, and next steps include focus groups and public hearings.
Jeff Butler, Oklahoma City's planning director, presented proposed updates to the city's zoning code in a Planning Department public presentation and asked residents to respond to a live survey to guide revisions.
Butler said the update focuses first on the city's urban core'the "urban medium" area roughly between I-44 and I-35 and Northwest 63rd and Southwest 59th'and is intended to modernize rules that have been in place since the 1980s. He said the Planning Department drafted the proposed code based on years of community engagement, focus groups and polling and that staff want survey responses to refine the draft before it proceeds to public hearings.
The draft aims to protect neighborhood character while increasing housing options. "We need to accommodate gentle density," Butler said, defining it as "small-scale increases in housing such as duplexes or small multi-unit…
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