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Owasso staff unveils comprehensive zoning‑code rewrite aimed at streamlining housing and modernizing rules
Summary
City planning staff presented a 210‑page draft rewrite of Owasso’s zoning code that would clarify uses, encourage missing‑middle housing by reducing some PUD requirements, raise allowed accessory‑structure size to 1,000 sq ft, add rules for solar, battery storage and EV chargers, and require simple bike‑rack minimums; staff will return to a work session before formal votes.
Planning staff presented a citywide zoning‑code audit and a proposed comprehensive rewrite that touches every chapter of the 210‑page code.
Lexi Bieber, who led the in‑house audit that began in mid‑2024, told the council staff examined state law, peer communities and planning best practice and then drafted amendments covering 21 chapters and appendices. Among the headline proposals: codify the city’s cumulative approach to allowed uses; label several older districts as legacy so no new rezonings will create those districts; align the city’s single‑family…
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