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Oklahoma County approves Timberline final plat after neighbor raises silt-runoff concerns
Summary
The board approved the 58-lot Timberline subdivision (about 81 acres) in northwest Oklahoma County after the developer and engineer committed to regrade a bar ditch, modify an outlet structure and rely on posted bonds to address silt and runoff that an adjacent property owner described as depositing "8 to 12 inches" of red silt on Douglas Road.
The Oklahoma County Board of County Commissioners voted to approve the final plat for the Timberline subdivision, a proposed 58-lot, roughly 81-acre development near Douglas and Waterloo Roads, after hearing testimony from an adjacent property owner and receiving commitments from the developer and project engineer to fix runoff issues.
Mary Anne, an adjacent property owner, told the board that since earth-moving began she has seen "continuous" silt and runoff onto her property and across Douglas Road. "There was approximately 8 to 12 inches of silt, red silt, going completely across Douglas," she said, describing conditions that made passage difficult and left silt piled in the bar ditch and on her pasture. She asked the…
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