Council approves downtown site plan | News

The Edmond City Council this week voted 3-1 with one abstention favoring the commercial site plan for The Campbell, to be located north of Campbell, west of Jackson and south of Edwards.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Waner cast the no vote and Councilwoman Victoria Caldwell abstained from voting.

Variances include:

• 10' front yard setback variances on Campbell and Edwards;

• Parking requirement to include a 25 percent exemption for not only the non-residential square footage of the project but also the multi-family units in the project; and

• Sign variance for blade sign to extend over the right-of-way.

Two buildings with streetscaping will be constructed with shared parking between them. Facing Edwards will be building A, a 39,954 square foot 3-story building housing with 36 apartments, said Randy Entz, city planner.

Building B, a 43,203 square foot four-story building facing Campbell, will have retail/restaurant uses on the first floor, apartments and offices on the second and third floors and a restaurant space on the fourth floor. There will be 50 apartments along with 27,764 square feet of retail/office/restaurant space for this project, Entz stated in his report. 

Area businessmen and developers Koorosh Zahrai and Pete Reeser cited increased storm water flooding concerns downtown with the approval of the project. Zahrai asked the city to hasten its plans in development to remedy the flooding issue before new development occurs.

Reeser also pointed out that this project is the first time discounts for residential has been requested. The code doesn’t differentiate between commercial or multifamily for that 25 percent discount.

The project calls for 119 parking spaces, but the site plans lists 113 spaces. The applicant has agreed to pay the parking fee-in-lieu for the six parking spaces they are short, Entz said.

Waner said she likes the project, but emphasized the city has never used the parking requirement for residential purposes.

“Especially with this being close to the university where we all know a one bedroom or two bedroom apartment can actually hold more than two people,” Waner said. “And even with it being close to the university, I still think we haven’t refined the requirements sufficiently they can provide.”

Edmond resident and Realtor Nick Gray said the development will enhance connectivity between the University of Central Oklahoma and downtown Edmond.

He has seen projects like this be developed in and around Oklahoma City and other cities even nationally. Gray said there will be international students and other students with and without cars biking in this area.

“There will be people walking. Not everyone will be driving like you see in most of the commercial developments you see throughout the city,” Gray said.

 

 

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