OKC Plan, 2000-2020 - City of Oklahoma City

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Actions Maintain residential zoning for existing residential areas along major activity corridors. Allow commercial, office, or institutional development within these areas only upon adoption of a transition plan for a specifically defined area. The transition plan should include design treatments and implementation measures to protect adjoining residential areas. Allow buildings six stories and higher to locate within Regional Commercial Centers and along Major Activity Corridors subject to development requirements which ensure compatibility with adjoining development and minimize adverse impacts on nearby neighborhoods. Investigate incentives to encourage enhancement of facility appearance. In particular, large expanses of blank walls should be interrupted by vertical elements, doors, windows, or other architectural elements. Examine existing parking regulations for shopping centers to determine if these requirements are excessive. Consider allowing alternative parking lot surfaces for peak-use overflow. Increase landscaping requirements for surface parking. Planting islands should be increased in size to ensure trees do not “out grow” the space available. Designate certain key routes into and through the City as Appearance Corridors. Implement programs to maintain an attractive appearance within these corridors including litter control, property and roadway maintenance, and special appearance controls on new development. Regional Mobility Corridors After this Plan is adopted, the City will evaluate major activity corridors for designation as Regional Mobility Corridors. Those corridors selected as Regional Mobility Corridors will be programmed for concentrated housing, commercial, and office development with supporting expanded transit programs offering a variety of transportation choices. Regional Mobility Corridors will link downtown Oklahoma City with outlying areas and other metro communities. The following policies serve as a starting point for selecting Regional Mobility Corridors. These policies will be expanded as part of the corridor planning process. Directions Encourage high concentrations of housing, commercial and office development along the select corridors. Provide infrastructure improvements and expanded public services to designated corridors to attract and support higher levels of development. Provide special transit programs for the select corridors. 23
Actions Adopt land use policies tailored for each designated corridor that protect existing centers, allow sufficient space for major development, provide attractive designs, and mitigate impacts within the corridor and on adjacent areas. Encourage new development and seek intensification of existing uses along designated corridors in conjunction with programmed street and transit improvements designed to increase volumes and facilitate both vehicular and pedestrian movements. Adopt special zoning districts for designated corridors that allow multiple types of uses by right, high-rise buildings, and higher densities for housing; that reduce or eliminate parking requirements for intensive development; and that require attractive appearances and transition and buffering treatments to minimize adverse impacts on adjoining areas. Distinguish these corridors with special names and place distinctive signs along the corridors to prominently display the names. Industrial Areas Industrial Areas (shown on the Land Use Map, page 11) contain the primary locations for manufacturing activities within Oklahoma City. These areas are also associated with major transportation facilities serving the manufacturing activities including major highways, railways, airports, and freight terminals. Direction Promote industrial areas which are economically viable, well-served by transportation and public infrastructure, and is compatible with surrounding development. Improve the appearance of industrial areas. Actions Designate sufficient lands for major industry and for industrial parks. Create a Technology Park/Research and Development zoning classification. The development regulations for this zoning classifications should provide for specialized communications technology, underground utilities, enhanced landscaping including berms and trees, and other amenities including sidewalks and trails. Encourage industrial development around airports. Confine heavy industrial zoning to established industrial districts and farther than a quarter-mile from designated appearance corridors. Encourage oil drilling in industrial areas to locate near major streets so as to keep interior areas free of obstructions that could hinder industrial development. 24
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Page 5 and 6: Explanatory Notes This plan provide
Page 8 and 9: Rural Neighborhoods Rural areas are
Page 10 and 11: Traditional Neighborhoods The Tradi
Page 12 and 13: areas: Achieving sustainable downto
Page 14 and 15: Regional Shopping Centers The City
Page 16: Land Use and Design
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Education is a critically important
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OKLAHOMA CITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS
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Seek means to contribute to mainten
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Historic Preservation
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Most Oklahoma City residents know t
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Promotion of Historic Neighborhoods
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Develop vacant parcels with appropr
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Culture
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OKLAHOMA CITY Cultural Resources Do
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Directions Increase public awarene
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Historic Preservation Designate pu
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Surveys of Oklahoma City residents
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Directions Improve the appearance
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Seek changes in state legislation t
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Private Development Enhance the ap
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Beautification Master Plan A compre
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Oil production, agriculture, transp
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Environmental Concerns
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Water Resources Drinking water in t
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Limit and reduce the use of pestici
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Regional Context
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OKLAHOMA CITY AREA New Housing Cons
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The City has several key public tru
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Implementation
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Plan policies: • Incorporate the
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Capital Improvements Program (CIP)
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Drainage Regulations Review the Ci
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Code Enforcement Evaluate the City
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Education Establish cooperative pl
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