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Edmond council pauses controversial East Fork PUD rezoning after residents raise traffic, flood and density worries
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Edmond City Council continued consideration of the East Fork Planned Unit Development (Z24-00003) to Oct. 14 after residents raised concerns about traffic, flooding and lot density; the developer offered to reduce units and officials pledged further outreach.
Edmond — The City Council on Sept. 23 continued a contested rezoning request for the East Fork Plan Unit Development (Z24-00003) after more than two hours of staff presentation, developer remarks and lengthy public comment that focused on traffic, flood risk and proposed lot density.
Planning staff opened the public hearing by describing the site as roughly 150 acres southwest of Coffee Creek Road and Air Depot and said the PUD divides the site into four 'tracks' with a variety of allowed uses. Staff said Tracks 1 and 2 together could include up to 120 dwelling units, Track 3 would permit single-family detached housing with minimum lots of 3,600 square feet and a maximum of 569 houses, and approximately 60 acres of the site are in floodplain. Planning staff recommended approval (the Planning Commission had voted 3–0 in favor at its Sept. 3 hearing).
Residents told council the proposal is out of scale with…
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