OKC Plan, 2000-2020 - City of Oklahoma City

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Neighborhood Business Development The vitality of neighborhood business districts is a vital component of neighborhood stability. Strong neighborhood commercial areas provide convenient shopping and services for area residents and provide employment opportunities for area and City residents. Declining businesses not only fail to provide these positive benefits, but often detract from the neighborhood’s attractiveness due to structural deterioration and poor property maintenance. Directions Preserve and strengthen business districts in traditional neighborhoods as a vital component in the City’s overall program to build and maintain desirable neighborhoods. Strengthen existing businesses within traditional neighborhoods and promote the development of new businesses to provide additional jobs and higher incomes for central city residents. Actions Encourage cooperation among neighborhood residents and business owners to promote redevelopment of existing neighborhood commercial areas and development of new businesses in older neighborhoods which benefit both residents and business owners. Improve the appearance of business districts and the condition of business structures through concentrated code enforcement efforts. Promote cooperative arrangements among business owners within identified neighborhood commercial areas to identify common concerns and work toward solutions. Models for such agreements include Main Street programs, Business Improvement Districts, and Business Owner Associations. Develop land use and development regulations which minimize adverse impacts of commercial development on adjoining residential areas. Assist neighborhood business owners in identifying potential markets and promoting appropriate development to serve these identified markets. Work with business owners to provide building, street, and parking improvements to maintain and enhance the viability of neighborhood commercial areas. Provide assistance and incentives to businesses and developers seeking to establish, relocate, or expand in older neighborhoods. Link incentives for business development to locating within older areas or hiring low- and moderate- income residents. Assist potential business owners with training in entrepreneurial and management skills and with information about franchise and other business start-up opportunities. Develop job training and education programs to build job skills of residents of older neighborhoods and provide employees for businesses within older areas. 31
Provide transportation linkages, trails, and other connections between commercial areas in older neighborhoods and MAPS projects and between commercial areas and adjoining residential neighborhoods to stimulate commercial redevelopment. Promote locations for economic development in the Traditional Neighborhoods (outside of downtown and regional shopping centers). Create a Traditional Neighborhood Commercial District Inventory. List the number of spaces, size of spaces, features of existing buildings, or size of land parcel (for undeveloped land). Areas to canvass for the inventory include, but are not limited to: • Bricktown • Automobile Alley • MidTown • Capitol Hill • Plaza District • NE and NW 23rd Street • Deep Deuce • Paseo • Stockyards City • Farmers Market • Culbertson Place • N. Western Ave Promote operating programs or organizations that provide assistance for businesses. These programs and organizations include, but are not limited to: • Bricktown Merchants Association • Automobile Alley Urban Main Street Program • Midtown Redevelopment Corporation • Capitol Hill Urban Main Street Program • Capitol Chamber of Commerce • Uptown 23rd Street • Paseo Artists Association/Spanish Village Property Owners Associations • Stockyards City Urban Main Street Program Promote incentives that are available only for this area of town or for this age of buildings. These incentives include, but are not limited to: • Historic preservation investment tax credits. • Low-income residential tax credits. • Enterprise Community incentives. • Special incentives offered in certain districts such as design assistance in the Main Street areas and low interest loan pools. Promote development within nodes or districts that are on major public transportation routes. Alter routes, if necessary, to support the districts noted above. 32
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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
Page 21 and 22: Rural Area The Rural Area contains
Page 23 and 24: Create density and design options a
Page 25 and 26: Urban Growth Area The Urban Growth
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Page 31 and 32: Support programs which enable resid
Page 33 and 34: Review existing street and traffic
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Page 37 and 38: Protect airport runway approach zon
Page 40 and 41: Housing and neighborhoods are two b
Page 42 and 43: Actions Promote the preservation o
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Page 59 and 60: Railroads Union Station, at 300 SW
Page 61 and 62: Provide a definite division between
Page 64 and 65: The quality and availability of pub
Page 66 and 67: Fire Protection The Fire Department
Page 68 and 69: Water Supply The City of Oklahoma C
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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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Actions Public-Private Initiatives
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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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3. Planning staff conducts a Plan A
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