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Midwest City council approves SPUD for dog grooming facility, bars on-site sales of animals
Summary
The council voted to rezone two parcels on South Post Road to a simplified planned unit development to allow a dog grooming and boarding business, including a specific condition disallowing the sale of animals at the site.
The Midwest City Council voted June 24 to approve a zoning change and simplified planned unit development (SPUD) for properties at 1015 and 1025 South Post Road to allow a dog grooming and boarding facility, with an explicit prohibition on selling animals at that location.
Planning staff described the request as a rezoning that requires an amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan to permit grooming and boarding uses and to allow limited reductions in parking standards. Matt Summers, planning staff, told the council the applicant clarified at the planning commission that the business would not sell animals; the planning commission recommended unanimous approval.
Council members asked whether the SPUD would give the property broader future uses should the owner later sell. Summers said the applicant could have pursued a base C-3 rezoning with a special use permit, but the SPUD bundled the parking relief and the permitted uses. Council members noted that if animal sales were not allowed under the SPUD, any future owner who wanted to sell animals would have to return to the council for a modification or separate permit.
After discussion the council approved the rezoning and the SPUD with an express provision disallowing animal sales from the location. The council’s motion and second passed and were recorded as carried.
The action changes the comprehensive plan land-use designation and the zoning map for the two parcels; it also authorizes the staff to incorporate the SPUD conditions into the city’s zoning records.
Council minutes show no public opposition at the planning commission hearing; one adjacent property owner had inquired about the application but did not register opposition.
What happens next: the SPUD and zoning map amendment become part of the city’s land-use controls; any future change to allow animal sales would require a separate approval process.
