The Oklahoma County Planning Commission voted April 17 to approve the general plat for Jackalope Corner (GP-2025-03) with a directive to remove several existing west-side driveways and to retain the north entrance.

The commission’s action follows extensive discussion about vehicle access and safety near the busy Sooner Road and Waterloo Road intersection and public comments from nearby residents worried about increased traffic, noise and lighting.

Planning staff described the parcel as four lots of varying sizes located just west of I-35 near Sooner and Waterloo Roads. County staff and the county engineer urged limiting curb cuts near the intersection because of planned improvements by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and projected traffic growth. “We’re already in excess of 10,000 cars a day on Waterloo. It’s just gonna grow,” the county engineer Stacy said during the meeting.

John Doyle of Cedar Creek Engineering, representing the applicant, told the commission the extreme northwest driveway “will be taken away and that will not be used in the future.” Developer Adam Ingram said his firm intends conventional commercial uses for the site and expects cross-access agreements among lots: “We have the property… Lot 2 we’re talking with urgent care to come in there, and then on the corner, a dental office.”

Residents who live immediately adjacent to the proposed plat described current congestion and safety problems. Jonathan Jones, who lives on North Sooner Road, said traffic already backs up from the interstate and that additional traffic will “make it more of a headache.” Felicia Jones, whose home sits across the street from the primary driveway, said lights from an existing metal building “shine straight through my windows all night long” and that added entrances would harm privacy and safety.

Commissioners settled on a configuration conveyed on the record: keep the existing north entrance (slightly widened to meet standards), approve two planned western entryways, and require the removal of smaller existing western driveways so the site will have three main access points with internal cross-access among lots. The motion to approve the plat with those conditions passed on a roll call vote (Murray, Jewell, Talbot, Patterson, Davidson: yes).

The county will document the approved driveway locations in the subdivision record and require the cross-access agreements and any required internal private drives as part of future platting and permitting.

The commission moved to the next agenda item after the vote.