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Midwest City council rejects rezoning request for 2222 North Douglas after neighborhood opposition
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing with residents urging alternatives, the council declined the applicant's request to rezone 2222 North Douglas from an expired PUD to medium‑density residential (RMD); the owner may return with a different plan.
Midwest City — The City Council declined a rezoning request for a vacant tract at 2222 North Douglas Boulevard after residents voiced strong opposition and council members questioned the proposal's fit with the neighborhood.
Planner Patrick Summers told the council the property’s PUD master plan expired in 2021 and the owner seeks a base RMD zoning that would permit residential uses at up to 20 units per acre. Summers said the conceptual plan in the application showed seven buildings totaling 112 dwelling units and that staff and the planning commission recommended approval. “The comprehensive plan does support medium‑density residential on this site,” Summers said.
At the public podium, Gina Johnson, who gave her address and said she represented nearby residents, presented a signed petition and urged the council to reject apartments and multi‑family housing for the site. “We’re not opposed to it being developed. We’re opposed to apartment complex or multi dwellings,” Johnson said, citing traffic safety, visibility issues at the track crossing and concern that additional apartments would strain public safety resources.
Eric Masett, the commercial real estate broker representing the property owner, said the immediate goal was to rezone to make the property marketable for sale and that there is no current, specific development timeline. “The goal is to sell,” Masett said.
Council members debated tradeoffs between marketability and neighborhood impacts, asking whether rezoning alone would let a future buyer build without additional public input. Staff explained that if the zoning were changed to RMD and a buyer complied with setbacks and building standards, the site might not return to council for detailed design review.
A motion to reject the rezoning request was made after residents spoke. The council ultimately declined the application, and the mayor said the owner will have to come back with another plan if they wish to pursue development.
What happens next: The item concluded without the rezoning being approved; the applicant may revise the proposal and return to the planning and council process.
Reporting note: Quotes above are taken verbatim from the public hearing and planning staff presentation.
