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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-41 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 460 OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN SO AS TO GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR A BAR, LOUNGE OR TAVERN IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY (30), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (938 NORTH FLOOD AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, Oklahoma Axe Factory, is requesting Special Use for a Bar, Lounge or Tavern in the C-2, General Commercial District, located at 938 N. Flood Avenue.
ANALYSIS: The applicant currently operates Oklahoma Axe Factory located at 938 N. Flood Avenue. They are currently using the space as an axe throwing facility and would like to serve canned alcoholic beverages to their patrons. The property was approved for Special Use for a Bar, Lounge or Tavern in 1999 (O-9899-25) but the Special Use has since expired. The Zoning Ordinance states, "where the 'Special Use' has been discontinued for two continuous years, then authority for such a 'Special Use' ceases to exist and the owner must reapply in order to establish or re-establish said 'Special Use.'"
A Special Use request shall be reviewed and evaluated on the following criteria according to the Zoning Ordinance 22:434.1, Special Uses:
1. Conformance with applicable regulations and standards established by the Zoning Regulations.
2. Compatibility with existing or permitted uses on abutting sites, in terms of building height, bulk and scale, setbacks and open spaces, landscaping and site development, and access and circulation features.
3. Potentially unfavorable effects or impacts on other existing or permitted uses on abutting sites, to the extent such impacts exceed those which reasonably may result from use of the site by ...
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