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Council passes rezoning ordinance for 25-unit apartment project near Aquarium Place
Summary
The council approved Ordinance 16-73 to rezone a southeast corner of 5th and Aquarium Place from RS-3 to RM-3, clearing the way for a 25-unit carriage-home apartment project the applicant estimated would cost about $8.5 million and substantially increase property tax yield once developed.
Jenks City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 16-73, rezoning a parcel on the southeast corner of 5th and Aquarium Place from single-family RS-3 to multifamily RM-3 to allow a new carriage-home style apartment development.
Dwayne Phillips, the applicant, told council the project envisions 25 units in carriage-home configurations with amenities on the east side including a dog park, playground and workout area. He estimated a construction cost of about $8.5 million and predicted the built project would generate roughly $140,000 annually in ad valorem taxes compared with about $4,100 per year from the current vacant land.
Why it matters: rezoning will allow multifamily development steps from downtown and the aquarium campus, increasing housing supply, taxable value and density in a mixed-use corridor. Planning staff and the planning commission recommended approval and informed council the request matches the comprehensive plan.
Key details: Phillips described unit mixes (roughly 25 units including two- and three-bedroom carriage homes, some one-bed units), anticipated rents for units he described in the packet and that finishes were adjusted following planning-commission comments to better match neighborhood character. Staff noted final site engineering and drainage details would be addressed as part of permitting and building review.
Votes and process: The council recorded unanimous yes votes among members present on the motion to pass Ordinance 16-73 as written; the council also noted it did not have the votes necessary to adopt an emergency clause, so an associated Item 6 was struck from the agenda.
Quotes
"We'll spend about $8,500,000 on this project," applicant Dwayne Phillips said, summarizing the projected construction cost.
Ending: The ordinance passed and will proceed through normal permitting and building-review stages; the council removed the emergency-clause request and item 6 will not move forward at this meeting.
