Within the watershed of our municipal storage reservoir the City requires any sale or subdivision of property to adhere to a platting process. I personally think it's overkill but it is the law. Zoning and ordinances require a minimum of 10 acre lot sizes. They also require any major drainage (flood zone designated or not) to be dedicated to the city as a Water Quality Protection Zone (WQPZ). In its infancy a WQPZ was merely a drainage easement. As the years rolled by the city has added verbiage to enhance their "control" of these drainage areas.
Two years ago I prepared one of these for a client and was copying the text from a "go by" as provided by the city. Within this document it allowed the city to determine if actions of the property owner presented a "clear and present danger" to the watershed. And it was stated the city had the right to correct the "clear and present danger" (at no cost to the property owner) with a 30 day notice to said owner.
This seemed a little ambiguous to me. Merely stating "the City" could make this determination made me think of all the mindless boneheads I've encountered at City Hall. And knowing 99% of these plats get approved by Council on the "consent docket" I bet that no one would read every word of a rambling 15 page easement dedication. I altered the wording to read the City has the right to correct any activity done by a property owner IF an independent engineering study paid for by the City identified the "clear and present danger" to the watershed and provided a plan for corrective action. This made me feel the property owner was protected against flippant wishes and actions from City personnel.
As I suspected the dedication was approved. If anybody actually did read it they apparently just thought it was all part of the City's original fodder.
That was a year ago. Fast forward to today. I am preparing another plat for the City. After a planning review I was again given a standard packet that had various "go bys" attached. And it's a copy of the last plat submitted to planning, by another surveyor (not me).
And low and behold within the dedication of the WQPZ are the very words I inserted into my submittal over a year ago. So someone either thought I had a pretty good idea...(doubtful)..or the old 'cut and paste' just elevated my wording to gospel. Pretty funny.
for whatever reason this reminded me of a road trip a few years back where we took the kids up to see grandma and grandpa. we came through about 2 days after the moore tornado. the swath was astounding- as if some giant, cosmic eraser had just gone right across I-35. but standing tall, there right in the middle of it, was the city water tank, emblazoned on the side in bright blue paint "MOORE OKLAHOMA home of TOBY KEITH!"
i guess in that neck of the woods just evoking the name of that insufferable lummox is enough to ward off clear and present danger.
flyin solo, post: 414052, member: 8089 wrote:
i guess in that neck of the woods just evoking the name of that insufferable lummox is enough to ward off clear and present danger.
Now that's fightin words right there!
state's evidence, exhibit 1:
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So what is your point. If you don't like a song, don't listen to it. If you don't like a singer, don't listen to that singer.
hold up- just joking around. sorry if this is a sore spot.
(and yeah, no worries- he's not on any of my playlists)
My wife has a few of his CDs, but he's not too big on my play list.
Mr. T.K. Covel actual now lives in Norman and not Moore, Ok. But the Moore HS and the burger joints and everywhere else he ever drew a breath proudly announces its significance in some manner...even the water standpipe on 27th. St.
And I don't blame them, they're proud of him. Most locals only make it stardom on the internet..the Department of Correction's mug shots. 😉
flyin solo, post: 414062, member: 8089 wrote: hold up- just joking around. sorry if this is a sore spot.
(and yeah, no worries- he's not on any of my playlists)
You had me worried there for a minute, thought you were gonna go all Dixie Chick on me 🙂
flyin solo, post: 414052, member: 8089 wrote: but standing tall, there right in the middle of it, was the city water tank, emblazoned on the side in bright blue paint "MOORE OKLAHOMA home of TOBY KEITH!"
For those who wish to see for themselves there is a kmz file inside the attached zip.
Moore is sandwiched between Oklahoma City, which has it's own NBA team, and Norman, which has a pretty good football team (and also a spiffy university). Moore has to have something to cheer itself up while it waits for the next tornado.
Mark Mayer, post: 414146, member: 424 wrote: Moore has to have something to cheer itself up while it waits for the next tornado.
Or fire. The one two days ago got within about a mile of where my cousin is building a house.
not a big TK fan, but I'm amused by American Ride.
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Mark Mayer, post: 414146, member: 424 wrote: For those who wish to see for themselves there is a kmz file inside the attached zip.
Moore is sandwiched between Oklahoma City, which has it's own NBA team, and Norman, which has a pretty good football team (and also a spiffy university). Moore has to have something to cheer itself up while it waits for the next tornado.
It had not actually crossed my mind, but here was the location of my office from about 2001 to 2004. I really couldn't tell you if Toby's name was emblazoned upon the water tank or not back then.
paden cash, post: 414179, member: 20 wrote: It had not actually crossed my mind, but here was the location of my office from about 2001 to 2004. I really couldn't tell you if Toby's name was emblazoned upon the water tank or not back then.
According to Google Street View, that water tank became where Toby Keith lived sometime between November, 2007 and August, 2011.
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i'm up through there on the way to way-southeast omaha every couple of years. 2013- right after the tornado- was the first time i remember seeing it. so i'm guessing it was closer to 2011 than 2007.
Kent McMillan, post: 414180, member: 3 wrote: According to Google Street View, that water tank became where Toby Keith lived sometime between November, 2007 and August, 2011.
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That sounds about right. Prior to 2004 I kept myself busy with a number of developments in Moore and that office was a handy location. The owner was a partner of one of the developers and made me a good deal on the rent. I could actually park three vehicles indoors. I think the south side of tank use to have an American flag with a happy face where the field of stars would be...I guess TK's name was an improvement.
