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Planning commission recommends new Florence Park neighborhood overlay with modification to entrance rule
Summary
The commission recommended ZCA-35 to create a Neighborhood Character Overlay (NCO-2) for Florence Park, adding limits on infill scale and design; the measure passed 8-2 with a revision requiring primary entrances to be entered through a porch or stoop.
The Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission voted 8-2 to recommend the adoption of ZCA-35, an amendment to the Tulsa Zoning Code to add a Neighborhood Character Overlay (NCO-2) responding to Florence Park neighborhood concerns about infill development.
Staff described the draft overlay as developed with neighborhood input and said it seeks to manage building scale, accessory dwelling units (ADUs), roof pitches and building orientation to better align infill with the neighborhood’s early‑20th‑century character. Commissioners asked staff whether property-owner support had been documented; staff said they did not have signatures of property owners and noted the City does not enforce private covenants.
Public comment highlighted a private legal dispute tied to an ADU. Mark Wilkinson, on behalf of a neighbor, said a homeowner who had obtained a Board of Adjustment approval for an ADU later faced litigation and a denied occupancy permit; Wilkinson said the homeowner had endured extended litigation and financial hardship. Commissioners debated whether separate neighborhood‑by‑neighborhood overlays could proliferate and whether the code language should be refined.
The commission adopted a revision to Section 20.100-B(7) specifying that "the primary building entrances must be entered through the required porch or stoop," and recommended approval of the code amendment with that revision. The forwarded proposal will go to the City Council for consideration.
