Healthy Neighborhoods Overlay District.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 59-13800
in effect§ 59-13800. - Healthy Neighborhoods Overlay District.
59-13800.1 Purpose and Intent. The purpose of the Healthy Neighborhoods Overlay District (HNO) is to promote the public health, safety and welfare by enacting additional regulations in a specified area where there is a desire and need for greater diversity for healthy retail food options and convenient access to fresh meats, fruit, and vegetables. These regulations are intended to:
(1) Avoid and reduce over-concentration of small-box discount stores in a specified area.
(2) Encourage access to fresh meats, fruit, and vegetables.
(3) Encourage greater diversity in retail food options in a specified area.
59-13800.2 District Boundaries. This ordinance shall apply to properties partially or wholly located within the 73111 zip code, excluding properties under jurisdiction of the State's Capitol-Medical Zoning Commission within the Oklahoma Capitol-Medical Center Improvement Zoning District. District boundaries are delineated more specifically in Appendix A of this chapter.
59-13800.3 Applicability. The regulations of this Section are applicable to properties located within the boundaries of the Healthy Neighborhoods Overlay (HNO) district. Except as otherwise expressly stated, the regulations of this section shall not apply to small box discount stores in existence and open for business prior to the date Ordinance No. 26141 became effective.
59-13800.4 Dispersal Standards for Small-Box Discount Stores. Any small-box discount store, as defined in Section 59-2150 of Article II of this Chapter, must be separated from another small box discount store within or outside the overlay area by a minimum distance of 5,280 feet. The required separation distance must be measured in a straight line from the nearest point on the lot line of the property occupied by a small box discount store to the nearest point on a lot line of the other property occupied by a small box discount store.
A. Exemptions from the Dispersal Standards.
(1) Uses that contain a prescription pharmacy
(2) Uses that dedicate a minimum floor area of 500 square feet of retail floor space to the sale of fresh meat, fruit, and vegetables, subject to proper licensing
(Ord. No. 26348, § 2, 1-7-20)
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_S59-13800HENEOVDIFetched: 10/28/2026