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Pryor Creek board forms working group to review town Unified Development Ordinance
Summary
At its Sept. 4 meeting, the Pryor Creek board agreed to form a volunteer working group to review the town—s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), last updated in 2019, to consider updates on uses, definitions and siting of commercial and light-industrial activities.
Unidentified Speaker (S3) proposed forming a volunteer working group to review Pryor Creek—s Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), which S3 said has not been revisited since 2019. The board agreed to recruit volunteers and to collect suggested edits and references from other towns.
The proposal, introduced during the board—s regular meeting, called for a small committee to examine the UDO for items such as definitions of light-industrial versus commercial uses, siting for dispensaries and other post-2019 developments. "We have not updated our UDO since 2019," said Unidentified Speaker (S3), emphasizing a desire to balance growth and local compatibility. S3 recommended checking other municipalities— approaches, running changes past the town attorney and returning formal recommendations to the board and then to city council.
Several members volunteered to participate. Unidentified Speaker (S2) and others said they would join the working group; the transcript shows Cheryl (identified in the meeting as the mayor) agreed to help circulate online links and public-facing materials. S3 said there is no strict timeline and suggested the group could work incrementally over months if needed.
Board members noted practical goals for the review: clarify what constitutes light industry, update outdated references, and consider whether to adopt more restrictive local controls where state law allows. S3 also suggested consulting UDOs from nearby towns such as Claremore and Tahlequah as examples.
The board did not take a formal ordinance action at this meeting but recorded the formation of volunteers for the UDO working group and a plan to report back to the full board. The chair asked a volunteer (identified in the transcript as Travis) to collect contact information and coordinate the first steps.
Next steps: the working-group volunteers will receive links to the current UDO and will report progress in a future meeting; recommendations that require legal review will be submitted to the town attorney and, if approved by the board, forwarded to Pryor Creek city council for formal consideration.
