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Rogers County Commissioners approve rezoning for proposed industrial parcel east of Claremore
Summary
The Rogers County Board approved a zoning change for a 0.95-acre parcel east of Claremore from AG and C-4 to I-3 after hearing concerns about flooding from a nearby resident; planning and engineering steps were described as separate from the zoning decision.
The Rogers County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously to rezone a 0.95-acre parcel south of Highway 20 and east of East 492 Road in Claremore from agricultural (AG) and commercial C-4 to industrial I-3 (Case No. 2621).
The change, requested by Ward Co., was approved after county planning staff described the owner’s intent to combine the parcel with adjacent I-3-zoned land and later replat the combined property for industrial business operations, lawn-mowing business uses and commercial lease spaces. Commissioners opened a public hearing and heard one nearby resident raise flooding concerns.
Tamara Beam, who identified herself as a resident at 14106 East 492 Road, told the commission she already experiences flooding on her property and said recent rainfall had left “2 inches of mud currently in my shop because of the flooding already.” Beam said she was worried that paving and building pads on the rezoned parcel would increase runoff into creeks that drain across her land and into a nearby creek that had previously damaged County Road 492.
Planning staff and commissioners emphasized that the zoning change itself does not authorize construction; subsequent development would require replatting, hydrology studies, drainage and detention planning and other engineering approvals before any building permits are issued. A county planner told the board the site would be replatted and would go through “all the hydrology studies again, drainage and detention, and a new plat” before construction could begin.
After public comment the board approved the rezoning. The motion passed with commissioners voting aye; no dissent was recorded.
The property owner and applicant (Ward Co.) will need to complete the replat and engineering reviews required by county planning before any site work or building permits proceed. The planning staff noted access to the parcel is from East 492 Road off Highway 20.
