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Planning Commission recommends PUD 2143 after negotiated neighborhood concessions, strikes required stub connection
Summary
The Planning Commission recommended approval of PUD 2143 for a development at Southwest 29th Street after the applicant and neighbors negotiated a 30‑foot buffer, one‑story cap for homes along the buffer, and a brick‑column screening design; commissioners voted to strike a required connection to an adjacent stub street and forwarded the PUD to City Council.
The Oklahoma City Planning Commission on June 11 recommended that City Council consider PUD 2143, a proposed planned unit development at 10324 Southwest 29th Street, after the applicant and neighborhood representatives negotiated a set of mitigation measures.
Caitlyn Turner, the applicant’s representative, said the proposal uses a two‑track approach that keeps most of the site at the existing R1 zoning while allowing R2‑level development adjacent to the turnpike. She told commissioners the project team "agreed to a 30‑foot landscape buffer along the east PUD boundary line where it's adjacent to that RA neighborhood" and that homes backing the buffer would be limited to one story.
The buffer, a requirement for street trees and a proposed screening wall with brick columns placed on 100‑foot centers were concessions Turner said had been added in response to neighborhood concerns. Turner also said the team would request striking a technical evaluation (TE) that would have required connection to the stub of Southwest 33rd Street, a change neighbors sought to avoid new cut‑through traffic.
Commissioner Meek, who led outreach with neighbors, said the negotiated outcome satisfied many concerns: "I appreciate the applicants. They've worked really well with the neighbors," and noted most of the site effectively remains lower density under the PUD with additional protections gained through negotiation.
Commissioners discussed access and maintenance questions tied to the potential vacation of the adjacent stub and asked the applicant to demonstrate maintenance and emergency access on the preliminary plat. The applicant's engineer, Kendall Dylan, said access for maintenance would be shown on the preliminary plat if a closure occurs.
Action and next steps: The commission voted to recommend approval of the PUD to City Council subject to the technical evaluations agreed in the record, to strike the TE requiring connection to Southwest 33rd Street, and to add the screening/fence modifications that will require a 6‑ to 8‑foot wall or fence, with brick columns on up to 100‑foot centers along Southwest 29th Street where adjacent to residential lots. Staff will finalize the precise TE language and ensure the edits are incorporated before the packet goes to City Council.
What it means: The PUD preserves lower‑density zoning for much of the site while allowing a limited area of greater density near the turnpike; the agreement with neighbors focuses on a physical buffer and a screening wall to limit visual impact and pedestrian/vehicular connectivity the neighbors opposed.
