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Lawsuit over new Brookside Library on Wright School playing fields

The City of Tulsa Board of Adjustment (BOA) has granted a special exception and a variance to allow the new Brookside Library to be built on the playing fields of the former Wright Junior High School, on the northeast corner of Madison Place and 46th Place South. A group...

Posted by Michael Bates on September 2, 2023 10:17 PM

Minneapolis bans single-family zoning

NOTE: I will be on KFAQ 1170 with Pat Campbell at 8:05 am on Wednesday, October 8, 2019, to discuss this issue, which was mentioned by Minneapolis police union president Lt. Bob Kroll in his interview with Pat Campbell this morning, as well as the City of Tulsa's plan to...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 8, 2019 9:30 PM

Tulsa zoning code draft: My comments

Just under the wire, I submitted my comments a week ago Saturday on the draft for public comment of the proposed zoning code for the City of Tulsa. This is a critical document for Tulsa's future, far more important than the debate over water-in-the-river. The current zoning code is nearly...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 15, 2015 11:22 AM

Neighborhood conservation districts: A proposal on the table

An edited version of this column appeared in the March 5, 2008, issue of Urban Tulsa Weekly. The published version is available on the Internet Archive. Posted on August 4, 2018. Neighborhood conservation districts: A proposal on the table By Michael D. Bates "CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 5, 2008 3:36 PM