TULSA, Okla. — The City of Tulsa is moving forward with a proposal to expand its Neighborhood Infill Overlay, a zoning tool city leaders say could help create more housing options and address Tulsa’s growing housing shortage.
The overlay, first created in 2021 for neighborhoods surrounding downtown, is designed to make it easier to build what planners call “missing middle” housing — things like duplexes, triplexes, townhomes, backyard cottages and small-scale apartment buildings.
Nathan Foster, principal planner with the Tulsa Planning Office, said the city realized it needed to rethink zoning rules after studying Tulsa’s housing supply…