Missing middle housing on the north and west portions
Summary
A 1919 plat left a 70-foot sliver lot that can't fit a modern three-bedroom home within the 20-foot setback. The board granted a modest 18-foot-7-inch relief, clearing the way for infill housing on a block with lots of vacant land.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 8
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Aug 25, 2026.
Impact analysis
No city cost; adds one housing unit to the tax base.
The owner and future residents of the new three-bedroom home.
The dissenting member saw insufficient hardship for double the allowed floor area.
Mentions & discussions (8)
Board of Adjustment - Aug 25, 2026
A family won permission to build a small backyard cottage so aging parents can live independently near their children and grandchildren. The board declined to add a no-rental condition despite a neighbor's request.
Tulsa Development Authority - Aug 20, 2026
Consultants see a near-term opportunity for single-family homes and townhomes on the north and west edges where infrastructure already exists — IRC-code construction avoids costly stormwater mitigation. Commissioners stressed it shouldn't impede the larger 40-acre vision, recalling a 1980s retail RFP fight.
Board of Adjustment - Jun 9, 2026
Staff admitted the code has no good category for 'horizontal apartment' developments, forcing a cottage-house workaround; code amendments are already in motion.
Board of Adjustment - May 26, 2026
A small-lot multifamily project on South Denver got a FAR variance 3-1, with a supporter citing homelessness and blight nearby; the dissent thought doubling the allowed density was too much.
Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission - May 20, 2026
An architect's project near Newton and Oswego won approval for four townhomes with ground-floor space that could host a neighborhood coffee shop, billed as walkable missing-middle housing — though one neighbor objected to any mixed use in the residential interior.
Board of Adjustment - Apr 28, 2026
A 1919 plat left a 70-foot sliver lot that can't fit a modern three-bedroom home within the 20-foot setback. The board granted a modest 18-foot-7-inch relief, clearing the way for infill housing on a block with lots of vacant land.
Board of Adjustment - Feb 10, 2026
A lot split variance will let a homeowner add a rental house on a slightly undersized lot near Rose Hill Cemetery — a small boost to housing supply.
Board of Adjustment - Jan 13, 2026
Multiple approvals — townhouses at 8th and Quincy, a duplex on Mohawk, and several ADUs — add housing units in established neighborhoods, which members tied to Tulsa's ongoing housing shortage.
Related development
Rezoning Z-7861 (E. Newton St. and N. Oswego Ave.)
Adds missing-middle housing and potential walkable retail to the neighborhood.
BOA-24049 — Floor-area-ratio variance
Adds housing near downtown on a lot surrounded by multifamily; one member thought the doubling excessive.
BOA-24035 infill house setback variance
A new infill home gets built on an otherwise awkward, hard-to-develop lot.
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