Planning commission recommends RS-4 rezoning for 80-acre subdivision near East 11th and S. 145th E.

The Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission recommended approval Sept. 3 of a rezoning request to convert roughly 80 acres north and west of East 11th Street South and South 145th East Avenue from AG to RS-4 to permit a single-family subdivision. The motion carried 7-2.

The applicant’s conceptual plan shows approximately 292 single-family lots, a mixture of 60-foot and 50-foot lot widths, and a proposed 60-foot residential collector connecting East 11th Street to South 145th East Avenue. Applicant representative Kevin Maevers, director of development services for The Robson Companies, said the developer held a neighborhood meeting and "there were about 20 people in attendance," and stated the project would bring new public sanitary sewer, water and streets to the area.

Neighbors and nearby property owners testified about infrastructure and flood concerns. Resident Kalan Burkhardt told the commission he was "concerned about the small lots," noting the area historically has half-acre parcels and expressing skepticism about adding nearly 300 homes without earlier infrastructure investment. Other speakers cited drainage, property values and a claim that annexation obligations for infrastructure had not been met in the past.

Commissioners pressed the applicant on timing and infrastructure. The applicant estimated 12 to 15 months to groundbreaking and said required public infrastructure plans would be reviewed through the subdivision platting process. Staff recommended approval, citing consistency with the Tulsa Comprehensive Plan neighborhood designation and the applicant’s plan to provide utilities and pedestrian access to adjacent Wright Park.

The commission’s 7-2 recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council; the rezoning will require subsequent subdivision plat and public infrastructure approvals before homes can be built.