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March 11, 2006
Temporary Garden Center?
I've had a few residents of the Lewis Crest Neighborhood area ask me about the yellow zoning sign on the northwest corner of 51st & Lewis area.
From the March 14, 2006 Tulsa Board of Adjustment meeting agenda, Item 8 Under "New Applications."-
No.: BOA-20222 Subject property: 5050 S LewisI don't see this as a "threat" to the LCNA.Special Exception to allow tent sales for bedding plants and related garden supplies in a CS-zoned district for a period of five year, not to exceed 180 days per calendar year.
Under the Sun Garden Center, 918-493-7118
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March 06, 2006
Vote YES on the charter change proposition
Please vote YES on the proposition! Help protect one of your biggest investments, your home by voting YES! Here is an email that Michael Bates of the Tulsa Midtown Coalition sent to Lewis Crest. I couldn't say it any better myself!
Besides the mayoral and council primaries on Tuesday, there's a proposition on the ballot that is very important to Tulsa's homeowners. All Tulsans, even Independent voters, can vote on this issue. Please read what follows and forward it to your neighborhood association members and fellow neighborhood leaders.*Some secretive group is trying to confuse Tulsa's voters about Tuesday's
election. You probably received a postcard urging you to vote no on the
proposition on Tuesday's ballot. The postcard didn't tell you who paid
for it, which ought to raise your suspicions.Here's the truth: Voting yes on Tuesday's proposition will give property
owners in Tulsa the same protection against bad zoning decisions that
property owners in Bixby, Jenks, Owasso, and the rest of the state
already have.That protection is a zoning protest petition. If you believe a zoning
change near you would harm your property values, you could circulate a
petition of other nearby owners (but only if Tuesday's proposition
passes). If the owners of 50% of the lots within 300 feet sign the
protest petition, it would take a 7-2 vote of the City Council to pass
the zoning change. (If no protest petition is filed, or if the petition
is insufficient, the usual majority vote would be enough to pass the
change.)This change would also protect you against the city trying to rezone
your property without your consent. Right now, five city councilors
could vote to rezone your home, and your only recourse would be to hire
a lawyer and go to court. But if we vote yes on Tuesday, and the city
tried to rezone your neighborhood against your will, a protest petition
signed by owners of 20% of the land that is being rezoned would trigger
a supermajority requirement, with seven votes required for passage.Tulsans had these protections for decades, as Title 42, Section 1703(E)
of our city ordinances. The ordinance has been around since before we
adopted a new charter in 1989. But two years ago, the City Attorney
ruled that our charter doesn't allow supermajority requirements, and if
we wanted this protection back, we'd have to pass a charter change.Would this be abused by NIMBY homeowners to block growth? For the
decades that the protection was in effect, homeowners only submitted a
handful of protest petitions.This protection is already in state law for unincorporated areas and all
those cities without their own charter. Tulsans deserve the same
protection.On Tuesday, please vote YES.