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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-45 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AMENDING CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN ("ZONING"), SECTIONS 420.3 (RE, RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DWELLING DISTRICT), 422.9 (O-1, OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT), 423.2 (C-1, LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT), 424.1 (C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT), AND 424.2 (TC, TOURIST COMMERCIAL DISTRICT), IN ORDER TO RESOLVE LANGUAGE INCONSISTENCIES AND UPDATE CROSS-REFERENCES BY REMOVING THE RE SPECIAL USE ALLOWING ONE USE PERMITTED IN THE M-1, RESTRICTED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; CLARIFY ZONING USES, INCLUDING MEDICAL MARIJUANA ZONING USES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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BACKGROUND: In mid-2018 staff presented to Council information on the recently adopted State Question 788, Medical Marijuana. The presentation by staff addressed Oklahoma state regulations as well as local and nation-wide municipal approaches to licensing and zoning of medical marijuana uses/businesses. For staff to properly implement the recent state regulations, amendments to the Zoning Ordinance were necessary. In December of 2018, City Council adopted Ordinance O-1819-17, adding medical marijuana uses to various zoning districts. Following the December 2018 amendments, additional state legislation was passed in the spring of 2019, thus requiring updates to the City Code. Ordinance O-1920-4 amended the Zoning Ordinance in August of 2019, placing new medical marijuana uses into various zoning districts. Since the last updates in this regard, additional items have come to the attention of City Staff and City Council and additional proposed amendments are set forth in O-1920-45 further implementing the intent of City Council in this regard.
DISCUSSION: First, City Council contemplated a categorical Special Use allowance in RE that would potentially have allowed consideration of Medical Marijuana commercial businesses as Special Uses in RE, Residentia...
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