Twenty-Third Street Uptown Corridor Overlay District.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 59-13600
in effect§ 59-13600. - Twenty-Third Street Uptown Corridor Overlay District.
13600.1. Purpose and Intent. The purpose is this district is to encourage neighborhood-oriented commercial development in support of the stabilization of the adjacent residential areas. More-intense commercial uses, particularly those engaging in outside sales, would be discouraged. Automobile repair would have to occur within a building.
13600.2. Use Regulations.
A. Uses not allowed as Permitted Uses. The following use units are not allowed in this district as Permitted Uses. They may be allowed as Conditional, Special Exception or Special Permit uses, as indicated by the underlying zoning district.
(1) Agricultural Supplies and Services (59-8300.4).
(2) Automotive and Equipment: Automotive Dealerships and Malls (59-8300.18).
(3) Automotive and Equipment: Heavy Repairs, Heavy Equipment (59-8300.15).
(4) Automotive and Equipment: Sales and Rentals, Farm and Heavy Equipment (59-8300.19).
(5) Automotive and Equipment: Sales and Rentals, Manufactured (mobile) Homes and Recreational Vehicles (59-8300.20).
(6) Automotive and Equipment: Storage (59-8300.21).
(7) Construction Sales and Services (59-8300.31).
(8) Gasoline Sales: Truck Stops (59-8300.47).
(9) Lodging Accommodations: Campgrounds (59-8300.50).
(10) Wholesaling, Storage, and Distribution: Restricted (59-8350.16).
B. Conditional Uses. The following uses are permitted subject to the conditions contained below and to the applicable provisions of this chapter and the sign regulations:
(1) Conditional Uses Permitted.
(a) Automotive and Equipment: Sales and Rentals, Manufactured (Mobile) Homes and Recreational Vehicles (59-8300.20).
[C. Reserved.]
D. Conditions for Approval for Automotive and Equipment: Sales and Rentals, Manufactured (Mobile) Homes and Recreational Vehicles.
(a) The use shall only be permitted as an accessory use to the use unit Personal Storage (59-8300.60). The use shall not be permitted in a PUD or SPUD where outside storage of vehicles and rental trucks has been prohibited.
(b) The use shall be limited to the rental of light trucks, moving vans, trailers, etc. and accessory sales of related items such as boxes, packing materials, tape etc. The incidental installation of lights, trailer hitches etc. shall be permitted.
(c) A total of no more than five trucks, vans, trailers and/or pieces of moving equipment will be permitted on the site.
(d) Adequate space shall be provided on private property to provide for parking, loading, and maneuvering of vehicles in accordance with regulations established in Article X of this chapter.
(e) Moving trucks shall be limited in size to two axles, 26 feet in length and 13 feet in height.
(f) A maximum of two rental light trucks may be located along the street frontage if each truck can be located a minimum of 100 feet from a single-family dwelling. Otherwise, the moving equipment must be located at the rear of the property out of sight of the adjoining street.
13600.3. Development Regulations.
A. Outdoor Sales and Display Restrictions. All uses shall take place within a completely enclosed building, except as follows:
(1) Gasoline sales under use unit Gasoline Sales, Small: Restricted (59-8300.46) are permitted.
B. Garden centers, or other permanent outside sales areas of a retail store, are permitted provided the sales area is located behind the front building lines and is screened so that it cannot be seen from any property line.
C. Special sales merchandise may be temporarily displayed outdoors, provided:
(1) The display shall be limited to the private sidewalk in front of the store; and
(2) No required parking lot area shall be used as a display or sales area.
D. No public sidewalk or street right-of-way shall be used for display, except for an approved temporary special merchant promotion authorized by City regulations.
E. Inside Repair. For the Automotive and Equipment: Cleaning and Repairs, Light Equipment (59-8300.14) use unit, vehicle repair shall be done within a building.
F. The storage and display of tires shall comply with the following additional regulations:
(1) Tires shall not be stored outside the confines of an enclosed building; however, tires may be displayed for sale outside the confines of an enclosed building, but only between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily; and
(2) All premises upon which tires are stored or displayed in violation of this Subsection F shall be brought into compliance with this subsection within six months of the effective date of this ordinance.
(Ord. No. 24103, § 1, 7-20-10; Ord. No. 27526, § 9, 2-13-24, eff. 3-15-24)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH59ZOPLCO_ARTXIIIZOOVDI_S59-13600TWIRSTUPCOOVDIFetched: 10/28/2026