PLAN IV CHANGES COMING?

Edmond City Council members and planning commissioners have started work on revising the Edmond Plan IV, the city’s comprehensive land use plan.

City leaders will be looking at the use of land in the city, specifically east of Interstate 35.

The ordinance plan is designed to be updated regularly and require amendments with changing market conditions. Amendments to the ordinance plan requires formal approval by the city council.

“We can’t project all the land uses that need to be updated,” said City Planner Bob Schiermeyer at a recent workshop.

“We have seen a few things that merit our attention,” Mayor Charles Lamb said.

Councilwoman Victoria Caldwell said she wants to see areas of clarification made for people using the plan.

“I can see why a citizen might assume there’s never going to be anything other than two-acre large lots in certain areas or general agriculture,” Caldwell said.

Councilman Darrell Davis said he wanted to get Edmond residents and developers to be involved in the discussions about the update.

Attorney Randel Shadid, who represents developers, said the fact the plan must be changed by an ordinance gives people the false idea that the plan is etched in stone.

“Why is Edmond the only city that makes it an ordinance and the ordinance has to be changed,” Shadid said.

The mayor questioned if it is time for the council to consider if general agricultural zoning is still a projected land use in east Edmond. “Large lot residential may be where we’re taking east Edmond,” Lamb said. “We decided to put water and sewer over there,” Shadid said. “You cast the die for high density. Money has been spent for every section.”