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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-47 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 FRATERNITY OR SORORITY HOUSE IN THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SIX (6), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1611 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, Delta Delta Delta, is requesting Special Use for a sorority house. Currently, the parcel is zoned R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District. This is an existing sorority house and Special Use is required to meet the current zoning standards. The applicant is applying for the Special Use because they intend to expand in the future, and currently they are a legal non-conforming use; to allow expansion the zoning must be in conformance.
ANALYSIS: The current site located at 1611 S. College Avenue was first placed in the R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, on August 23, 1955 when the City of Norman extended the city limits with the adoption of Ordinance No. 906. At that time, Special Use was not required for quasi-unit quarters and the sorority was allowed by right.
Then on June 27, 1996 City Council held a Study Session regarding concern for rooming and boarding houses in residential neighborhoods. An ordinance was drafted requiring all rooming and boarding houses, including fraternities and sororities, to obtain Special Use in multi-family dwelling districts. Since the adoption of Ordinance No. O-9697-6, all quasi-unit quarters, which include sororities and fraternities, must acquire Special Use. This type of Special Use can be obtained only in the RM-2, Low Density Apartment Dwelling and R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, and in RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District.
Because the sorority plan...
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