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Planning Commission recommends PUD rezoning at 2525 W. Covell Road for limited counseling use; neighbors seek stricter language
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning ~17.7 acres at 2525 W. Covell Road to a PUD allowing limited counseling and community-service uses; commissioners and the applicant agreed to tighten PUD language to prevent overnight/residential treatment and to clarify limits on future expansion.
On Jan. 20 the Edmond Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval (5–0) of a planned unit development (PUD) zoning amendment for about 17.7 acres at 2525 West Covell Road that would allow limited counseling, office and community-service uses while retaining residential-scale lot and building standards.
Staff described the site at the northwest corner of Covell and Santa Fe as S2 suburban neighborhood in the Edmond plan and recommended approval. "If any new construction is proposed, it would be required to meet the city's codes in place at the time of development," staff said.
Mark Zitzow of Johnson and Associates, representing the applicant, said the PUD is designed to allow a narrow home-occupation-style use in an existing barn so volunteer or professional counselors can meet one-on-one with residents. "This is like a one-on-one counseling ... it's not an overnight facility," Zitzow said, and he confirmed the proposal is meant to be outpatient and incidental to residential use rather than an intensive commercial or residential-treatment operation.
Neighborhood speakers asked the commission to tighten the PUD's wording. Brian White of the Fallbrook neighborhood urged replacing language that expresses the owner's "intent" not to expand, warning that intent-based wording could allow future owners to pursue different uses. Trevor Randall, representing the Oakcrest Association, asked for clarity about the type of counseling and growth limits, noting that the PUD could allow up to four employees at a time under home-occupation rules and expressing concern about future expansion.
Zitzow agreed to revise the PUD language to remove ambiguous "intent" phrasing and emphasized that the regulations, not intent statements, govern permissible uses; any significant change would require a rezoning process. Commissioners then moved, seconded and voted 5–0 to forward the rezoning (Z25-00017) to City Council with the clarified language. The item will be considered by the council on Feb. 9, 2026.
