City Commission approves zoning change for convenience store

Ponca City’s Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to approve rezoning of the southwest corner of Highland Avenue and Waverly Street to C-2 Commercial to allow a convenience store to be built.

In a lengthy meeting more than a dozen residents spoke – mostly from the nearby Selvey Addition, and mostly against locating a convenience store at the intersection.

Approval of the zoning change is not the final step in the process. Now the developer and city staff will work together to create a final site plan taking into account laws and regulations on a long list of items from traffic flow to water detention to landscaping.