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Commission approves scrivener's-affidavits to standardize 'King Drive' spelling in Cambridge Park plats
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The commission approved two scrivener's-affidavit filings to correct recorded street-name discrepancies in Cambridge Park (first and second editions), changing platted names (variously recorded as Kings Way, Kings Drive, or King's Drive) to a uniform 'King Drive' to reduce emergency-response and addressing confusion.
The Bartlesville City Planning Commission approved two scrivener's-affidavit filings to correct recorded street-name discrepancies in the Cambridge Park subdivisions, standardizing the recorded name to "King Drive."
Greg Collins, special projects manager with the City of Bartlesville, told the commission staff had found inconsistent recorded names across plats, city GIS, county records and signage: portions of Cambridge Park first edition are platted as "Kings Way" while existing street signs and addresses commonly use "King Drive," and other nearby plats and promotional materials show both "Kings Drive" and "King Drive." Collins said the fire department and emergency management requested consistency to avoid confusion during emergency response. "We propose King Drive," Collins said when describing the staff recommendation.
Staff recommended correcting the recorded plats using a scrivener's-error affidavit rather than a full replat, explaining that a recorded affidavit creates a public record of the change without altering property boundaries or legal descriptions. A planning staff member explained that scrivener's affidavits are used to acknowledge and fix mistakes on legal documents and to create a clear county record of the change.
Commissioners asked whether the name change anticipates a future physical connection of the road segments and whether the village apartments or the church had been contacted; staff said the future thoroughfare map shows the intended alignment and that staff would notify and work with affected property owners and apartment management as part of the filing and sign-change process. One commissioner raised a concern that trusts or legal documents that rely on an address might require updates; staff replied that legal documents typically use lot and block legal descriptions, not street addresses, and offered to consult directly with concerned property owners.
The commission moved and approved the scrivener's affidavit to change "Kings Way" to "King Drive" for Cambridge Park first edition (Plat03260029) and then approved the separate affidavit for the Cambridge Park second edition correction (Plat03260030). Roll-call tallies for both motions were unanimous (all members recorded "aye").
Staff said the affidavits would be filed with the county and that staff would notify affected residents and update signage as part of implementation.
