EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — A developer has filed a new lawsuit against the City of Edmond after the city council once again rejected plans to build a Walmart at Covell and Coltrane, the latest turn in a fight that has stretched for a decade and drawn strong opposition from neighbors and city leaders.

For the second time in 10 years, the developer is suing the city, arguing the council had no right to vote the project down.

Right now, the land at Covell and Coltrane is an empty lot, overgrown with weeds.

But for a decade, the owner has tried to build a Walmart Neighborhood Market there — a plan that has faced pushback from neighbors and city leaders.

“We traveled through Oklahoma and Edmond felt like home,” said Jesse Kang, who moved from Wisconsin three months ago. “The community, the scho

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