Avalon at Oklahoma City Phase 1 and Phase 2 Setback Variances
At a glance
- What: Nine variance requests (cases 16384 to 16392) for homes in the Avalon low-income housing tax credit community of 80 single-family rentals in northeast Oklahoma City, where a previous contractor poured pads and built homes and an air-conditioner pad outside the front or side yard setbacks.
- Outcome (2026-11-05): all nine approved 3-0. Seven carry a condition to plant one additional canopy tree on the lot; the two side-yard cases (16386 and 16388) require gutters carrying roof runoff to the street. No public comment on the merits.
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What was discussed
- The owner's representative said the homes rent to households at 30, 50 and 60 percent of area median income, all 80 units leased in under a month, the first contractor was terminated, and finishing and correcting the work cost about $6 million more. The owner controls the whole neighborhood, so the encroachments affect no outside homeowners.
- Two neighbors who received notices were told by the board the variances do not affect their properties; they are noticed because they are within the notice area.
- Board members said such cases come up where lots on cul-de-sacs and curves were measured from the wrong point, that surveys are required only before sale, and that granting variances after construction makes setbacks close to optional. Staff said a requirement for lot surveys is still being discussed and the development community has pushed back; a board member said she would raise it at development-community meetings. Other ideas floated for side-yard encroachments were fire-rated wall assemblies and gutters.
- Case results: 16384 (1200 Northeast 27th Place, front yard, about 2.6 feet over, canopy tree); 16385 (1205 Northeast 29th Street, front yard, about 5 feet over, canopy tree); 16386 (1300 Northeast 27th Place, side yard, about 1.7 feet, gutters to the street); 16387 (1305 Northeast 29th Street, front yard, about a foot, canopy tree); 16388 (1317 Northeast 27th Place, side yard, an air-conditioner pad, gutters along that side to the street); 16389 (2704 Avalon Boulevard, front yard, about 3.4 feet, canopy tree); 16390 (2908 North Lahoma Avenue, front yard, about 1.4 feet, canopy tree); 16391 (2941 North Lahoma Avenue, front yard, about 2.8 feet, canopy tree); 16392 (1201 Northeast 29th Street, front yard, canopy tree). Street names are as captioned and may be misspelled.
Sources
Log
- 2026-11-05 - Board of Adjustment - all nine approved 3-0. Seven carry a condition to plant one additional canopy tree on the lot; the two side-yard cases (16386 and 16388) require gutters carrying roof runoff to the street. No public comment on the merits.