OKC Plan, 2000-2020 - City of Oklahoma City

Brownfield Redevelopment
Establish ongoing forums to bring together lending institutions, insurance companies, real estate
developers, business, environmentalist, and community groups, federal agencies, and locally
elected officials to identify barriers to brownfield redevelopment; provide potential solutions;
and, identify potential properties for redevelopment.
Aggressively seek the reduction of unnecessary federal and state environmental regulations that
serve as a barrier to brownfield redevelopment.
Aggressively seek the adoption of federal and state banking regulations that encourage banks
and other lending institutions to lend to redevelopers of brownfields.
General Environmental
Adopt zoning and subdivision regulations and building permitting requirements that provide
incentives to promote efficient land use patterns and encourage mixed use and infill
development.
Develop land use policies that promote higher density development and enable a wider range of
transportation alternatives, including mass transit, walking and bicycle paths.
Aggressively seek funding through State and Federal programs to cleanup and redevelop
“brownfields”, and land with potential contamination problems.
Support on-going Department of Environmental Quality programs to mitigate contaminated sites
that include Voluntary Cleanup and Superfund Programs.
Conduct energy audits on all City owned facilities and implement indicated building
improvements through capital improvements programs to increase energy efficiency.
Develop performance standards and best management practices in conjunction with the
Department of Environmental Quality in relation to mitigating point and non-point source
pollution and maintaining ground water quality.
Promote and encourage voluntary restrictions on development of critical private and public
green spaces, especially those existing in urban areas. Maintain as green belts or parks.
Develop and implement incentives which encourage businesses and residents to locate within
currently developed urban areas, especially into the inner city area.
Create more parks, expand and refurbish existing parks, and preserve green space. Encourage
green space in new residential, industrial and commercial developments.
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