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Residents and neighborhood groups urge council to block expansion of metal‑crushing operation near Midtown; council leaves decision for hearing process
Summary
Residents and neighborhood leaders urged the council to oppose a special permit that would legalize car‑crushing operations near the JFK neighborhood, citing repeated explosions, fires and air‑quality complaints; the item remained on the consent docket and the council approved the consent docket while noting the appropriate remedy is a planning hearing.
Residents and neighborhood leaders urged the council to oppose a special permit that would allow expanded recycling and car‑crushing operations on or near Reno Avenue in the city’s Midtown corridor.
Jeff Trevillion, a nearby resident, said the neighborhood is “east of downtown” and described a long history of noise and “explosions” connected to an industrial recycling facility. Dinavetta Davis, president of the JFK Neighborhood and a leader of the Northeast Oklahoma City Neighborhood Coalition, told council she and neighbors have tracked incidents and air‑quality concerns for years and…
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