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Commission adopts Highway 75 Planning Area amendment for Tulsa County comprehensive plan
Summary
The commission adopted TCCP-14 to designate a Highway 75 Planning Area for unincorporated North and South Tulsa County, recommending commercial, industrial and mixed-use planning along the corridor and discouraging residential development in the corridor. Vote: 8-0-1 (Craddock abstained).
The Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission adopted a Tulsa County comprehensive-plan amendment (TCCP-14) to reintroduce a Highway 75 Planning Area designation for unincorporated North and South Tulsa County. The amendment reframes long-standing planning concepts to encourage highway‑oriented commercial, industrial and mixed‑use development rather than residential uses along US Highway 75.
Staff and INCOG Planning Services Department outlined findings including prior PUD, rezoning and BOA/CBOA cases along the corridor, observed development trends (billboards, storage units, cell towers), and traffic counts supporting commercial uses (approximately 33,914 daily vehicles at 86th Street North in North Tulsa and about 23,349 daily at the southern county line). Staff argued residential uses along the highway present noise, safety and walkability challenges and recommended revising future land use designations to a Highway 75 Planning Area with appropriate PUD-based standards, landscaping, buffering, and access management.
Commission discussion acknowledged the corridor’s evolving development context. Commissioner Walker asked what triggered the update; staff said frequent inquiries about industrial and commercial development along the corridor prompted the change. Commissioners moved to adopt TCCP-14 per staff recommendation; the motion passed 8-0-1 with Commissioner Craddock recorded as abstaining.
The amendment identifies about 568 impacted property owners and recommends future PUD processes to establish site-specific development standards and to limit direct new access to Highway 75, with frontage roads and coordination with ODOT and county engineers where appropriate.
