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Council approves PUD and preliminary plat for Tecumseh Road self-storage with added stormwater and landscaping conditions
Summary
Council unanimously rezoned 281 W. Tecumseh Road to a Planned Unit Development and approved the preliminary plat after the developer agreed to larger detention, a 75-foot northern building setback, masonry and lighting limitations, and other site-specific conditions intended to reduce impacts on adjacent homes.
The City Council unanimously adopted a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and approved a preliminary plat for Tecumseh Road Storage at 281 West Tecumseh Road on second and final reading April 22.
The applicant sought to re-designate the site from A-2 agricultural to PUD and to adjust the 2025 Land Use Plan consistent with a commercial designation and current urban service-area status. Gunnar Joyce, representing the applicant (Storage Oklahoma / WPM Properties), told council the developer substantially revised the site plan and PUD after neighborhood meetings to address drainage, sight lines and aesthetics.
Key negotiated concessions now in the approved PUD and plat include: - A 75-foot building setback along the property—order with the single-family neighborhood to the north (increased from 20 feet initial A-2 setback and 40 feet earlier drafts). - An oversized detention area north of the site enlarged by roughly 40 percent compared with earlier engineering assumptions; the developer projected post-development flows to affected neighbors would be cut by about half for a two-year storm event. - A masonry requirement (about 80 percent masonry on elevations visible from Tecumseh Road), a prescribed earth-tone color palette, single-story maximum height for the storage buildings, and a prohibition on pole-mounted lot lighting (fixture mounting on the building only). - Hours of operation limited in the PUD and an agreement that the rear third of the site (closest to the neighborhood) would have outdoor lights shut off at 10 p.m. - No on-site dumpster and developer responsibility for fence maintenance along the north lot line; a landscape plan that proposes additional trees and coordination with the city forester.
The developer said the revised plan included an extra building placed as a noise and light buffer, modifications that reduced visible area toward the adjacent homes and added an extensive landscaping plan. Planner and staff recommended approval following unanimous Planning Commission support.
Council members asked staff and the applicant about drainage details and stormwater routes; the applicant nd engineering consultant described existing storm sewer capacity and the treatment-train approach for the detention and water quality features.
The ordinance rezoning the property to PUD and the preliminary plat were adopted by unanimous vote. The council also approved a redline amendment to the PUD narrative on the floor to incorporate the final design changes discussed with neighbors.
