OKC Plan, 2000-2020 - City of Oklahoma City

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Private Development Enhance the appearance of older metal buildings and other large structures (including grain elevators) by painting with a palette of earth tones or other pleasing colors, retrofitting with more attractive exterior finishes, or by extensive landscaping of trees between buildings and streets. Review parking regulations and design standards and adopt changes as needed to improve the appearance of the city’s business areas. Excessive parking requirements and the need for increased landscaping in parking lots are two concerns that should be addressed in such a review. Require hard surfaces for paving for church and business parking lots in the Downtown, Traditional Neighborhoods, and Urban Growth Areas as designated on the OKC Plan Development Areas map. Require landfills to be aesthetically pleasing by contouring the tops and sides into natural shapes with some areas of lesser height and grass landscaping required. Change regulations to encourage less parking in front of commercial buildings and more in back or on sides. Change regulations to reduce the number of parking spaces by allowing part of the land necessary to meet the required number to be landscaped instead. Natural Assets Identify areas having natural beauty that are deserving of preservation. Continue planting of native plant material, grasses and wildflowers and seasonal color beds in profusion along gateway highways, in thoroughfare medians, and along the rights-of-way of arterial streets. Explore the possibility of City acquisition of property to preserve special and unique natural assets for public use. Immediately identity the areas of natural beauty visual from the gateways and develop policies to preserve naturally beautiful areas along the gateways. Develop and implement a tree preservation ordinance consistent with the Tree Master Plan (page 19). Beautification Plans Work with civic, business, neighborhood, City, and state organizations to develop and implement a Comprehensive Beautification Master Plan for the city (see page 91) in which all entities take part and have ownership. Work with building and property owners, businesses, and community groups to create and carry out a downtown appearance improvement plan focusing on property maintenance, streetscaping, increased open space, improved public spaces and litter control. 89
Promote the formation of Downtown appearance improvement plans such as Business Improvement Districts and Tax Increment Finance Districts that would gather moneys and organize resources for improving the appearance of the downtown, Bricktown, Capitol Hill, and other commercial centers around the city. Support beautification efforts being promoted by civic groups in order to accomplish/implement beautification plans. Encourage displaying the City’s architectural or aesthetic heritage by incorporating icons or symbols of the City’s past, intensive landscaping with indigenous materials and tasteful public art or graphics. 90
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The City of Oklahoma City OKC Plan,
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Explanatory Notes This plan provide
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Rural Neighborhoods Rural areas are
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Traditional Neighborhoods The Tradi
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areas: Achieving sustainable downto
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Regional Shopping Centers The City
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Land Use and Design
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Rural Area The Rural Area contains
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Create density and design options a
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Urban Growth Area The Urban Growth
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Promote high-quality, desirable res
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• Improve the appearance of comme
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Support programs which enable resid
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Review existing street and traffic
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Actions Adopt land use policies ta
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Protect airport runway approach zon
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Housing and neighborhoods are two b
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Actions Promote the preservation o
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Neighborhood Business Development T
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Transportation
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Interstate Highways Oklahoma City i
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The map on page 37 shows that most
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Airports Oklahoma City contains eig
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In addition, Metro Transit offers s
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In addition to the increasing expen
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Railroads Union Station, at 300 SW
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Provide a definite division between
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The quality and availability of pub
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Page 76 and 77: Open space and a well-balanced park
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Page 110 and 111: Surveys of Oklahoma City residents
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Page 157 and 158: 3. Planning staff conducts a Plan A
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