Planning commission approves corridor zoning, land‑use change for site north of 91st and Mingo

The Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of CO‑19, a corridor (CO) rezoning and development plan for roughly 20 acres north of the northwest corner of East 91st Street South and South Mingo Road, and separately adopted CPA‑112 to change the eastern portion of the site’s comprehensive‑plan land‑use designation from Neighborhood to Local Center.

Under the development plan presented with the rezoning request, commercial uses would be concentrated on the eastern half of the site facing South Mingo Road while the western portion would be reserved for stormwater detention and open space. The plan identifies four development areas with specific permitted uses and includes standards for setbacks, a 20‑foot landscape buffer along the western edge of the multi‑family area, and sign limits (single monument ground sign up to 25 feet and 128 square feet, with dynamic displays limited). Staff recommended approval, finding the proposed corridor zoning aligns with the Local Center designation requested in CPA‑112 and is consistent with adjacent corridor plans and land uses.

Vice‑Chair Zalk called the public hearing; Commissioner Craddock asked staff whether the proposed site would connect to the subdivision to the west, and staff said no stub streets exist and traffic would be directed to Mingo Road. Lori Decter Wright submitted a neighborhood letter and told the commission that after meetings the applicant and neighborhood had reached mutual agreement on buffers and density and that the proposal aligns with the land‑use plan. The commission moved to recommend approval of the rezoning with the development plan (motion by Craddock; second Whitlock) and recorded a 9‑0‑0 vote.

Separately, the commission adopted CPA‑112 — the comprehensive plan amendment to change approximately 10 acres from Neighborhood to Local Center to permit commercial frontage on Mingo Road — by a 9‑0‑0 vote after staff reviewed how the change supports goals in the Comprehensive Plan (economic development, appropriate transitions between nonresidential and residential uses, and better use of existing infrastructure). The land‑use amendment was presented as complementary to CO‑19 and intended to provide a transition between a Regional Center to the east and the existing neighborhood to the west.

Next steps: the TMAPC recommendation and CPA amendment will be forwarded to the City Council for final action as required under local procedures.