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PLANS
A comprehensive plan, planokc is a policy document used by city leaders, developers, business owners, and citizens to make decisions about future growth, development, policy, and capital improvements.
Oklahoma City's first sustainability plan.
Oklahoma City's first comprehensive bicycle and pedestrian master plan.
Oklahoma City's first historical preservation plan.
Consolidated Plan
The Consolidated Plan covers July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025. It's required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a prerequisite for receiving formula grant funds. The formula grant programs include the Community Development Block Grant (CBDG), Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). The Plan is implemented through five annual Action Year Plans that allocate grant funds to specific program activities during a particular year.
2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and First Year Action Plan(PDF)
2023-2024 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report
Notice of Public Meetings (English) and (Spanish) 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and 2025-2026 First Year Action Plan for HUD Programs
Downtown Development Framework
The Downtown Development Framework (PDF) reflects comprehensive efforts to define a vision for downtown Oklahoma City so that public and private investment can be coordinated to create a physical environment that defines the world-class downtown that we envision.
Innovation District Land Use Plan (11/2021)
The Innovation District and Use Plan defines land use priorities and establishes a roadmap to guide future growth development.
STUDIES
The Housing Affordability Study (2021)
This comprehensive housing study was commissioned to better understand the current state of supply and condition of housing in Oklahoma City, develop strategies to preserve and create affordable housing, and to identify potential community partners to facilitate the study’s recommendations. The Housing Affordability Study was received by Planning Commission in August 2021 and by City Council in September 2021.
Housing Market Study Final Report_(2021)
This 2021 Housing Market Study (HMS) updates the previous Housing Market Preference and Demand Study prepared in 2013 and was prepared concurrently with the Housing Affordability Study (2021.) The 2021 HMS gives the City Planning Department a nuanced understanding of how and to what extent housing demand and housing choice preferences have shifted over time throughout the city. The HMS is also intended to inform and guide City decisions on land use, infrastructure investments, and the need for changes to development codes.
Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (2020)
The 2020 Oklahoma City Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice is part of the consolidated planning process. As a requirement for receiving formula grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the City of Oklahoma City performed this analysis to evaluate impediments to fair housing choice.
Oklahoma City was one of five cities to collaborate with state climatologists and climate scientists to model and downscale the effects of climate change to a municipal level. These projected changes, in conjunction with historical climate data, can inform policy decisions to ensure future resilience. The study was funded through the Urban Sustainability Directors Network.
Employment Land Needs Assessment & Action Plan (2012)
The Employment Land Needs Assessment & Action Plan is a planning study aimed at quantifying and comparing the demand for and supply of vacant and readily buildable land in large sites for large industrial and business developments, and identifying actions to ensure a consistent supply of sites.
-Study (PDF)
-Appendices (PDF)
Greening America's Communities: Oklahoma City (2018)
Funded through a technical assistance award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Greening America’s Communities study proposes stormwater management and connectivity improvements in five locations across the Paseo, Central Park, Jefferson Park, and Edgemere Park neighborhoods.
Intensive Level Survey of Downtown Oklahoma City (2009-2012)
The Intensive Level Survey of Downtown Oklahoma City, conducted in four phases between 2009 and 2012, is intended to identify and evaluate the historic and cultural resources present in Oklahoma City’s downtown core. The survey identified resources having the potential to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as contributing to a potential historic district. The survey inventoried 1,082 resources.
Survey of Downtown Oklahoma City Phase I
Survey of Downtown Oklahoma City Phase II
Survey of Downtown Oklahoma City Phase III
Survey of Downtown Oklahoma City Phase IV
Oklahoma Historical Society Surveys
The City of OKC participates in some Oklahoma Historical Society surveys.
Strategies to Address Homelessness in Oklahoma City (9/2021)
Vacant & Abandoned Buildings (2013)
The Vacant & Abandoned Buildings in Oklahoma City (PDF) study looks at the financial and social cost of VABs, identifies the extent of the problem and recommends solutions.
PREVIOUS PLANS & STUDIES
Bicycle Transportation Plan (2008)
Oklahoma City’s Bicycle Transportation Strategic Action Plan was the City’s first formal bicycle transportation plan.
Bricktown Parking Study (2008)
The three main goals of the study included: assess existing parking conditions, project future parking
demand (5 and 10 year periods), and prepare a parking management, operating and implementation plan.
Core to Shore (2008)
The Core to Shore Plan (PDF) is an opportunity for Oklahoma City to develop a public/private partnership to strengthen the City’s vitality, economy, and image from the southern edge of the downtown core to the Oklahoma River.
The Downtown Housing Strategies and Implementation Plan is a guide to leverage new housing provides data, analysis, and recommendations for creating policy and action towards a comprehensive, effective, and sustainable housing development program that builds off of the significant progress achieved in Downtown Oklahoma City over the past 20 years.
The subject of the study was an assessment of the potential demand for additional housing development in Downtown Oklahoma City.
The purpose of this Joint Land Use Study was to evaluate the current status of the implementation of recommendations issued in the 2006 Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Study for Tinker AFB and to
make recommendations for additional actions by local governments designed to improve land use decisions that may affect the missions of Tinker AFB.
The purpose was to develop strategies strengthening the economic environment and improving the quality of the neighborhoods.
Northeast 23rd Street Corridor Plan (2008)
As part of the OKC Plan, this Plan contains goals, objectives, policies and actions established to provide guidance for redevelopment and future development of the Corridor.
Park Avenue Retail Study (2015)
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust (OCEDT) engaged consultants to provide retail and architectural assessment services focusing on Park Avenue, a dense, three-block area located in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City’s Central Business District to assist with establishing an economic climate along Park Avenue that is attractive to a thriving mix of retail shops and restaurants.
The Oklahoma City Trails Master Plan offers recommendations for improving access to outdoor resources, close to where residents live and work, by building a network of off-road multi-purpose paved trails.
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