Tulsa Comprehensive Plan - PLANiTULSA

Land Use
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land use plan Build-out capacity
In addition to Tulsa 2030 Goal, the PLANiTULSA
team developed a long-range estimate of the total
build-out capacity of Tulsa’s new comprehensive plan.
It is based on the land use plan categories outlined
above and illustrates how these different environments
can contribute to Tulsa’s overall shape and form.
Existing neighborhoods were not included in this
analysis, with the assumption that they will not absorb
large amounts of growth. Unconstrained buildable
lands were assumed to develop in their entirety, while
redevelopment lands were assumed to redevelop at a
20% rate, a fairly conservative figure. Floodplains were
assumed to develop at 50%, assuming engineering and
mitigation is used.
The total build-out capacity of the plan is three times
higher than what is forecasted under Tulsa 2030 Goal
for housing units, and seven times higher for jobs.
Under this analysis Downtown and surrounding
neighborhoods receive 5% of the city’s job growth,
and 10% of new housing. Because downtown has and
will continue to have the most flexible and permissive
of developments standards, however, this is a very
conservative estimate. Corridors, as a whole account
for about 10% of new housing units and 5% of jobs.
Centers and new neighborhoods account for the largest
portions of growth; new neighborhoods representing
the majority of new homes. Finally, employment areas
account for more than half of employment capacity.
Table 20: Build-Out Capacity by Plan Category
housing % %
units of total Jobs of total
downtown core 3,800 3% 13,358 4%
downtown neighborhood 9,275 7% 2,625 1%
downtown Total 13,074 10% 15,983 5%
main street 1,344 1% 2,692 1%
mixed-use corridor 12,381 9% 15,618 4%
corridors Total 13,725 10% 18,310 5%
Town center 25,328 19% 33,584 10%
neighborhood center 6,379 5% 15,777 5%
regional center 22,672 17% 71,510 20%
centers Total 54,379 40% 120,871 35%
new neighborhoods 55,629 41% 12,224 3%
employment n/a n/a 182,616 52%
existing neighborhood n/a n/a n/a n/a
Total 136,807 350,004
July 2010
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