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Commission backs Double S Ranch PUD after weeks-long debate, requires 1‑acre minimum where public sewer not available
Summary
After extensive public comment about traffic, road conditions and wastewater, the Planning Commission voted Nov. 13 to recommend PUD 21‑17 and preliminary plat C‑7771 to City Council, adding technical evaluations that require any lot not served by public sewer to be at least 1 acre.
The Oklahoma City Planning Commission recommended approval Nov. 13 of a PUD and preliminary plat for the proposed Double S Ranch subdivision, but only after months of negotiation and a lengthy hearing in which neighbors raised traffic, emergency‑access and wastewater concerns.
Dean Collidas, civil and environmental consultant for the applicant, described the project as a phased residential development of roughly 69 acres with a mix of 6,000‑square‑foot lots and larger half‑acre parcels. He told the commission the proposal conforms to the comprehensive plan and that most lots would be served by public mains where feasible.
Neighbors said the surrounding roads “are a mess” and warned that the single entrance, narrow shoulders and existing drainage could not absorb traffic from an additional 255 homes. Resident Linda Starry told the commission the subdivision would bring “510 cars leaving for work and school every morning” and asked for mitigations including noise buffers and better driveway access for rural mail delivery.
Commissioners focused on whether lots not served by public sewer should be allowed at small sizes and what safeguards the city could require. Sarah Welch of the planning department confirmed that the applicant’s original PUD language had contemplated public sewer for smaller lots and private on‑site systems for lots of one half acre or larger, but staff and commissioners expressed caution about concentrations served by septic or aerobic systems.
After reconsideration and negotiation on the record, the commission adopted a technical evaluation requiring that any lot not served by public sewer must be a minimum of one acre, and that the PUD specifically address maintenance or deed‑restriction mechanisms for on‑site systems if they are used. Commissioners also asked the applicant to show revised common‑area placement and to supply final sewer‑tie plans for staff review.
Commissioner Noble moved to recommend approval of PUD 21‑17 and the companion preliminary plat (C‑7771) subject to the technical evaluations; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. The recommendation now goes to City Council for final action in the coming weeks.
The commission’s action does not itself change infrastructure obligations; applicants must complete required engineering and show public‑sewer connections where required by code before final plat approvals.
