EDMOND — Planning commissioners approved tonight rezoning property in five more neighborhoods to single family at the request of the city council.
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The 4-1 vote came with opposition from planning commissioner Leroy Cartwright, who has been an opponent of Mayor Dan O’Neil’s effort to rezone property in 26 Edmond housing additions at the expense of the taxpayers.
O’Neil wants the property rezoned because he says single-family homes have been built on land zoned for commercial and multifamily uses. The zoning changes are made at the request of city officials.
It is unusual for city officials to request the rezoning of a property owner’s land. Generally, the property owner makes an application with the city to have their own property rezoned.
For the first five housing additions rezoned by the city this summer, the process cost the city $3,240.76 to purchase the five signs, mail notices to property owners, purchase the ownership list and publish newspaper notifications.
“I would be for this if the property owner came in and made the request,” Cartwright said. “I’m opposed to the process.”
Advocates, mainly members of the Edmond Neighborhood Alliance support the mayor, the co-founder of the alliance. There has been almost no opposition from property owners.
Bill Hake, the president of the Fox Lake Homeowners Association, thanked the planning commissioners and city officials tonight for their efforts to correct the zoning.
Rezoning requests approved tonight were in the following additions:
Fox Lake, west of Interstate 35 and just north of 15th Street
Cheyenne Ridge Villas, south of 33rd Street and east of Bryant Avenue
Park Lane, south of Danforth Road between Santa Fe and Kelly avenues
Pebble Creek, north of Danforth Road and east of Santa Fe Avenue
Westborough, west of Edmond North High School's baseball fields at Danforth and Kelly.
The rezoning request will go to the city council for a final decision Oct. 13.
Diana Baldwin: 475-3675, dbaldwin@oklahoman.com
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