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Neighbors urge enforcement after developer omits screening and redirects runoff in PUD 2029
Summary
Residents told council that a developer failed to include Exhibit D protections in final plans for PUD 2029, constructed a detention pond that drains into a private lake, and allowed construction to continue after a hold; they asked the city to enforce the PUD, restore screening, and redirect runoff to 29th Street storm infrastructure.
Multiple neighbors told the Oklahoma City Council on March 23 they have repeatedly sought enforcement of negotiated protections for PUD 2029 and urged the city to require the developer to honor Exhibit D screening and drainage commitments.
Amy Martin, who identified herself as a nearby resident, said the neighborhood participated in negotiations and accepted concessions in good faith. Martin said the developer’s final approved plans excluded Exhibit D — which specified full tree screening along the property line — and that construction has proceeded in ways that send runoff, sediment and pollutants into a private lake. "What is the value of the PUD and the negotiations if the terms are not enforced?" she asked, urging the council to "Enforce Exhibit D as approved. Give us the full screening that our neighborhood and community was promised. Redirect the drainage away from our lake down to 29th Street."
Scott Eggleston and other speakers showed photos and recounted a construction hold in October that they said was not consistently enforced; they said a spillway now prevents the lake from draining as it historically did and that the developer has not been responsive to requests for meaningful negotiation. Gary Koford and James Legally described the approved PUD terms — including a minimum 20‑foot landscape buffer and plantings to provide opacity — and said portions of a 30‑foot easement and proposed setbacks are being compromised by new concrete structures.
Council staff acknowledged the residents’ concerns and an assistant city engineer told residents the proposed diversion to the 29th Street storm system is technically possible but that plan reviewers will not direct the developer’s engineers to move water across basins without formal plan revisions. Councilman Carter noted the city’s attorneys were available immediately after the meeting to meet with the neighborhood, and staff offered to schedule follow‑up meetings.
Why it matters: Residents say promised screening and stormwater protections negotiated as part of a PUD were not included in final construction plans, raising environmental and property‑protection concerns. The dispute involves enforcement of development agreements, public funding and infrastructure improvements tied to the project (road widening on Southwest 29th Street).
Next steps: Residents asked the council to require the developer to honor Exhibit D, to narrow and elongate the detention pond, and to redirect runoff to 29th Street storm improvements. City staff offered to meet with residents and the developer after the meeting to pursue a resolution.
