Krebs planning commission recommends no action on alley access request

On March 3, 2026, the City of Krebs Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the city take no action on a request to place a tin horn and reopen an alley off NW 8th Street so a property owner could access her lot.

Chairman Mark Moy told the property owner that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation controls access along Highway 31 and “ODOT will give you an access but they are not going to let you say ‘just put one right here.’” Michelle Wilcox, the property owner, said she did not plan to develop the lot and wanted only to “get to it to mow and keep it cleaned off.”

Commission discussion centered on whether state access limits apply and what steps would be required for a driveway or other access. Commissioner Richard Cotton noted that “if the road going in front of your property has a limit of no access you cannot get a driveway permit without going through a whole bunch of other stuff,” and that if there is not a no-access restriction the owner must obtain a state driveway permit. Moy and Cotton also pointed out practical obstacles: the alley reportedly has a barn built on it that takes up roughly half the alley, and removing that structure would likely require court action by the city to vacate it.

Chairman Moy said the commission would recommend that the city council take no action at this time; he moved that recommendation and Commissioner Richard Cotton seconded. The motion passed 4–0.

The commission’s recommendation does not itself change property or right-of-way status; it was a recommendation to the city council. Commissioners advised Wilcox that her available options included pursuing state driveway approval with a plan or using an existing driveway route that runs where her grandmother’s house used to be.