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Neighbors urge larger tree buffer as planning commission approves County Line Crossing preliminary plat
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the commission approved a preliminary plat for County Line Crossing (about 166 lots on 49.03 acres) after residents urged the city to preserve a wooded wildlife corridor and provide clearer drainage plans; staff and the applicant said detention and notice requirements were met.
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the preliminary plat for County Line Crossing — a proposed subdivision of roughly 166 lots on 49.03 acres north of New Orleans Street — while directing staff to tidy covenant language on fencing.
Residents who live adjacent to the property urged the commission to require wider tree buffers and clearer drainage protections before construction. Chad McAuliffe told the commission he "would like to propose to have a 100 feet or more of actual woodage" between the new neighborhood and 97th Street to protect a wildlife corridor and reduce drainage impacts. Martha Schmidt said the line of old-growth trees "is valuable to me for the wildlife, passive green views, and buffer to the harsh heat we're experiencing," and asked that tree mitigation be resolved before approval.
Planning staff described the proposal as the next step following a rezoning approved June 16 and said the site is not within the FEMA 100-year flood plain. Amanda, the staff planner, told the commission the plat went through the technical advisory committee and that "there are changes that'll need to be made to meet the engineering and planning and design requirements." She also said notices were published in the Tulsa World, mailed to property owners within the 300-foot radius required by city ordinance and state statute, and that yellow signs were posted on the property.
Megan Pasco, representing the potential developer Calera Land Group, said the project includes a common reserve intended as a drainage channel and detention pond and that "it will be a drainage channel to the detention pond" which "more than likely will not be wooded because we'll have to go in and create the channel." Pasco added that perimeter trees could be left and coordinated with the city.
Commissioners and staff reiterated limits on their authority at this stage: preliminary-plat approval reviews plotting and code compliance but does not substitute for a conditional final plat with full engineering; that later step would return to the planning body and city council for final approval. One commissioner noted that a 50-foot buffer had been secured on another site through a planned-unit development (PUD) in exchange for smaller lots, but at present the submitted plat meets existing ordinance requirements.
The motion to approve item 4b passed on a roll-call vote with all five commissioners voting yes. The commission recorded that staff will review covenant language requiring fences to be installed by a "professional installer" before the conditional final plat stage.
The next procedural step: the developer will submit a conditional final plat with detailed engineering (paving, grading, stormwater design) and the item will return to the commission and council for final action.
