Edmond Neighbors Fight To Stop Development With 379 Residential Units

By Diana Baldwin Staff Writer dbaldwin@oklahoman.comEDMOND — Property owners near a proposed housing development with 379 houses, apartments and townhouses, southeast of Danforth Road and Interstate 35, made it clear this week that they don't want a large housing addition in their neighborhood because of the added traffic. More than 120 people gathered before the planning commission and in a designated overflow area to make sure their concerns were known before there was a vote to change the city's zoning plan and rezone the property from general agricultural to a mixed use planned unit development. Planning commissioners approved the zoning plan amendment with a split vote of 3-2.Read more on NewsOK.com

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