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Planning Commission recommends denial of Roberts Road rezoning after neighbors cite roads, drainage and covenants
Summary
The Oklahoma City Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of SBUD 17-63, a request to rezone 12516 Roberts Road to allow a two-lot split. Neighbors and commissioners cited private road conditions, flood risk and an existing restrictive covenant as reasons to oppose the rezoning.
The Oklahoma City Planning Commission voted Aug. 28 to recommend denial of SBUD 17-63, a rezoning request for 12516 Roberts Road that would have allowed the 3.5-acre parcel to be split into two lots. Commissioner John LaForge moved to recommend denial; Commissioner Meek seconded the motion, and the commission voted to recommend denial.
Neighbors who live along Roberts Road and nearby Hoffman Road told commissioners the road and local infrastructure cannot support additional lots and homes. Kelly Work, representing five of the six Roberts Road property owners, said the private road is only about 10 feet wide, dead-ends and lacks turnarounds for garbage and emergency vehicles. “The infrastructure is simply not there to support it,” Work said.
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