Planning commission approves replat to move shared driveway at Pointeons Oakwood Station

The Oklahoma County Planning Commission on Feb. 20 approved a replat to move the shared driveway serving Lots 3 and 4 of Pointeons Oakwood Station, citing a steep slope at the originally platted access point.

The change affects Lots 3 and 4 of Pointeons Oakwood Station and shifts the common driveway to the east of the parcels. Eric, a county planning staff member, told commissioners the request responds to a significant drop-off from the road at the originally platted location and that the two houses will continue to use a common driveway as required by the earlier PUD resolution.

The replat was requested so the shared driveway would enter the properties at a point with a gentler slope. Melissa Tyra, an applicant and resident who said she took the site photographs, described an attempted equipment test: "My husband tried to go up the slope and almost flipped backwards in the skid steer," she said, arguing that the driveway should be moved.

Eric said the county has in the past administratively adjusted a nearby driveway for a similar reason, and that when the replat is filed it will be recorded via a resolution of the Board of County Commissioners with the legal description for the relocated access. Commissioners asked whether deeded access or an easement would be recorded; Eric said that the resolution and the provided legal description will establish that record.

A motion to approve the replat passed on a roll-call vote with all members recorded as voting yes.

The replat approval moves only the driveway location; the underlying lot configuration remains consistent with the previously approved PUD that required use of a common driveway. The county will follow its standard permitting review for any future construction or grading at the site.