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Planning commission approves rezoning and PUD amendment for AD Parker senior-housing project; developer clarifies two-car garages
Summary
The Bartlesville Planning Commission approved a rezoning and planned unit development amendment for AD Parker Development LLC to build a two-phase, mainly single-family senior community (48 units in phase 1, 14 in phase 2) with several requested dimensional deviations; the developer clarified that phase‑1 units include two-car garages and staff required a road connection before the 31st permit under the International Fire Code.
The Bartlesville Planning Commission approved a rezoning and planned unit development (PUD) amendment for AD Parker Development LLC that will allow development of roughly 15 acres west of Southeast Newport Drive and near the 2500 block of Southeast Washington Boulevard.
Staff described a two-phase plan: Phase 1 would include 48 single-family detached homes designed for a 55-plus community (lots ranging mostly from about 3,450 to 3,900 square feet for perimeter lots with interior lots larger), and Phase 2 would include 14 single-family lots on larger parcels consistent with RS‑5 zoning. The developer’s site plan calls for community amenities such as pickleball courts, a pool and spa, trails, a dog park, and a putting green.
Deviations requested include reduced front and rear yard setbacks (from 25 and 20 feet to 5 feet), reduced exterior street-side setbacks (to 5 feet), a requested minimum lot area per dwelling unit of 3,400 square feet, reduced minimum lot width from 50 to 40 feet, and an increase in maximum lot coverage from 35% to 70%. Staff also noted a requested parking deviation from the typical two spaces per dwelling unit to one space per dwelling unit, but the developer later clarified that the phase‑1 units include two-car garages.
Commissioners focused on access and safety. Staff said that, per International Fire Code Appendix D (adopted locally), the developer must construct a connection to Kingston Drive before the issuance of the 31st residential building permit in order to provide a second ingress/egress. Staff also said detention ponds, exact stormwater designs, and final utility alignments will be determined during the preliminary-plat and civil‑engineering stages.
Developer Orlando Parker told the commission, "All of these garages in the 55‑plus are actually 2 car garages." (Orlando Parker, AD Parker Development LLC). That clarification addressed commissioners’ earlier concerns about on-street parking and emergency access.
The public hearing was opened for comment and no members of the public spoke. Commissioner Cola recused himself from this agenda item because he is an adjacent landowner; the motion to approve was made and seconded and carried on the roll call of participating commissioners.
What happens next: approval grants zoning and PUD changes in principle; the project’s developer must return for planning-stage reviews, submit preliminary plat and engineered civil plans (including detailed stormwater detention sizing and traffic analyses), satisfy fire-department review of any gated access, and complete the required connection to Kingston Drive as specified before the 31st building permit is issued.
