Continued Trouble with Lot Splits

"I find it very unfortunate that no one is standing up for us."
This was the statement of Patty SouthMayd before the TMAPC on August 2nd. The commission was hearing a petition from the residents in the Peaceful Terwilleger neighborhood (near 38th and Lewis). The residents there were trying to keep a developer from splitting lots and putting up homes that don't fit the rest of the street. Homeowners in historic midtown areas are finding that they do not have the tools to stop lotsplits or to enforce that new construction in some way conform to the other houses on that street. The TMAPC did approve the request to change the residential zoning from RS-2 to RS-1. This did not include the lots in question though because the developer did not wish to participate in the petition. I'm not sure of the differences between these two, but under RS-1, there would be additional hurdles for developers who want to build in an established neighborhood.

The Tulsa World reports it here: http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=060803_Ne_A9_Homeo24596

This is another place where a house goes down, and several go up in it's place. This location is at 24th and Yorktown near Utica Square. My recollection was that there used to be a natural stone cottage style house located on this corner. It has been torn down and the sign there shows three new homes in it's place.

A drive down 24th street shows several 'newer' homes, ones that would not have been original to that street. They however look as though they belong, same general size, same general setback, ect, as other homes on the block. Can a 'three in one lot' conform to this great older street?