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Edmond council approves Turtle Creek storage PUD over resident flooding concerns
Summary
The council adopted PUD Z24-00020 (Ordinance 4025) permitting a self-storage facility on East 15th Street with hours limited to 6 a.m.–11 p.m., lighting and fencing standards; neighbors raised repeated concerns about existing flooding, potential increased runoff and visual impacts, and staff and the applicant said stormwater design must demonstrate no increase in post-development flow.
The Edmond City Council on Feb. 10 adopted PUD Z24-00020 (Ordinance 4025) to rezone a roughly 5.8–6-acre site on East 15th Street for a self-storage facility with supportive office space. Planning staff described the PUD master plan as limiting uses to self storage, establishing building heights and setbacks, requiring 8-foot decorative security fencing and directing lighting downward to limit spillage into adjacent residential properties. The PUD also specifies hours of operation limited to 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Multiple neighbors spoke during the public hearing. Roger Short (S11) described his home as adjacent to the site and said he is worried that replacing permeable ground with concrete will increase flow and damage his retaining wall; he cited existing drainage concerns. Carrie Redding (S9), a Turtle Creek resident, displayed photos of repeated flooding to the council and said neighbors have spent up to $80,000 individually on retaining walls; she said a detention system described by the applicant “is not a pond” and questioned how the project could avoid increasing flow into the greenbelt and across 15th Street.
Staff and the applicant responded. City stormwater staff (S6) said the ordinance requires a stormwater study and detention design that models existing conditions from a two‑year through a 100‑year storm and that outlet devices and detention ponds are designed so post-development outflow matches pre-development rates. Councilors emphasized enforcement and noted that site-plan review will include photometric drawings and stormwater plans; planning and urban forestry will check landscape plans and lighting. The applicant’s representative, Todd McGinnis (S10), said Red Plains Engineering will perform hydrology studies and that the PUD document includes the commitments described at the hearing; he said the developer would not be seeking variances to the detention or landscaping requirements.
Councilor moved to approve the rezoning; the motion was seconded and council adopted Ordinance 4025. The ordinance passed at the Feb. 10 meeting; site-plan review, engineering studies and any required mitigation will follow under standard permitting processes.
