Del City council approves preliminary plat for 901 North Sooner with condition barring asphalt plant

Del City — The Del City City Council on Feb. 17 approved a preliminary plat for about 66 acres at 901 North Sooner (identified in the record as Crutchele Creek Farms) to allow a rock-crushing and concrete/asphalt recycling operation, but tied its approval to a condition that an asphalt plant not be introduced at the location.

City planner Andrew Myers told the council the property is zoned heavy industrial and that city departments had approved the plat; staff recommended approval. Applicant Jeff Burr said the company had abandoned plans for an asphalt plant because the site footprint is too small and that the intended use is a crushing/recycling yard that will accept and process concrete and asphalt to produce lower-cost aggregate for local contractors. "Crushed concrete will be such a cost saving for the city or whomever," Burr said in presenting the project.

Mayor Eason and other council members said they were concerned about potential emissions and health impacts if an asphalt plant were later introduced at the site. "Our community ... is borderline with the EPA. We have to be very, very careful," Eason said, urging caution about emissions and student and resident health near the site. City Attorney advised that recording the applicant’s agreement not to install an asphalt plant and making that condition part of the approval would strengthen the city’s position.

Dust-control measures for the crusher were described by the applicant as water injection on the crusher and water trucks to suppress fugitive dust on site; the applicant said bag houses are not used on crushers of this type. Councilman Tatum moved to approve the preliminary plat with a stipulation that no asphalt plant be introduced at the location and to authorize the mayor to endorse the plat. The motion carried by unanimous vote.

The preliminary plat was presented as PC plat 969726 and was denied previously by the planning commission on Jan. 22, 2026 but returned to council with staff recommendation for approval after review. The record includes an application reference to the Planning Commission and ordinance considerations for platting; the council read the restriction into the record as part of its approval.

Next steps: The mayor was authorized to endorse the preliminary plat; if the applicant or a successor later sought to place an asphalt plant at the site, the council’s recorded restriction would be part of the public record and relevant to any future approvals.