Owasso council vacates Cornerstone Hardware plat, approves replat to allow store expansion

The Owasso City Council voted to vacate the Cornerstone Hardware final plat (plat number 6468) and to approve a companion replat that consolidates two previously platted lots into a single lot to accommodate an expansion of the existing hardware store.

Alexa B., a city planning staff member, told the council the property is about 6.55 acres, zoned CS (Commercial Shopping) and located at 11550 North 129th East Avenue (as described in staff materials). The original plat, prepared in the county before annexation, showed two lots; Lot 1 contains the existing hardware store and Lot 2 has remained vacant. The applicant owns both lots and intends to expand the existing building footprint such that it would encroach on the existing lot line and a mutual access easement. The vacation and replat together will void the old plat, remove the lot line and associated dedications, and create a single lot that meets CS bulk and area requirements.

Staff noted the water provider is Washington County Rural Water District No. 3 and the sewer provider is the City of Owasso. The replat keeps two existing access points and removes a southern access point that staff said currently has no pavement or curb cut. The detention easement shown on the southwestern corner of the replat is slightly larger than on the original plat. Planning Commission recommended the vacation and the replat by a 5–0 vote on Feb. 10; staff reviewed the requests under the Washington Subdivision Regulations (section 1.6 for the vacation and section 2.4 for the final plat) and recommended approval.

Councilors asked whether the southernmost access had pavement; staff said it did not. The council moved and approved both the plat vacation and the amended final plat; the roll call recorded Councilor Lindell Dunn, Councilor Cody Walter and Councilor Puiget voting yes on the motion to approve the replat following the vacation.