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City council approves Red Ridge nature-preserve zoning amid Deep Fork Trail dispute
Summary
The Oklahoma City Council unanimously approved rezoning for the Red Ridge property to a planned-unit development for conservation and restoration, after weeks of public debate and a failed attempt to defer the decision while the city studies alternate trail routes.
The Oklahoma City Council voted unanimously to rezone about 721 Northeast 50th Street to a planned-unit development (PUD) intended to preserve and restore the Red Ridge property, a heavily vegetated parcel that the applicant says will be used for ecological restoration and limited educational programming.
The measure, which staff and the planning commission recommended and which the council approved as PUD 2055, came after nearly two hours of public comment and debate focused on whether the zoning action removes any binding obligation to allow the city’s planned Deep Fork Trail to cross the property.
Mark Zitzel, a land-use consultant representing the…
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