CS Zoning in Tulsa — Neighborhood Commercial
CS (Commercial Shopping) is Tulsa's neighborhood-scale commercial district. It allows retail, restaurant, personal service, and small office uses at a scale compatible with adjacent residential neighborhoods.
CS has a 0.5 maximum FAR, 35-foot maximum building height, and a 25-foot front setback (reducible to a build-to in pedestrian frontage overlays). Common on Cherry Street, in Brookside, and in older neighborhood commercial nodes.
CS requires 1 parking space per 250 sq ft of GFA. Wall signs limited to 1 sq ft per linear foot of frontage; freestanding signs limited to 32 sq ft.
What CS allows
Permitted uses in CS
Retail, restaurant, personal service, small office, gallery, fitness studio. Drive-throughs not permitted by right. Auto service not permitted.
Setback rules
CS setback requirements in Tulsa
Front setback
25 feet (or build-to in pedestrian overlay)
Side setback
0 feet attached / 10 feet detached
Rear setback
15 feet
Height limit
Maximum structure height
35 feet
Max density
Allowed density
0.5 FAR (floor area ratio)
Common uses in CS in Tulsa
- Neighborhood retail
- Restaurant / cafe
- Personal service (salon, spa, dry cleaner)
- Small office
- Fitness studio
CS in pedestrian frontage overlays may use a build-to standard rather than a setback. HP overlay design review may apply (Brady Arts District CS, etc.).
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