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RESOLUTION R-1617-96: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA APPROVING AN APPEAL OF THE TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE DELAY TO ALLOW THE SUBMITTAL OF A PERMIT APPLICATION FOR NEW PAVING FOR AN EXPANDED DRIVEWAY AT 1205 DUSTIN DRIVE.
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BACKGROUND: City Council adopted Resolution R-1617-72 on January 10, 2017, creating a six-month Temporary Administrative Delay for residential building, demolition, paving, platting or rezoning applications within the Central Norman Study Area. Further, R-1617-72 allows for an appeal process, which is the purpose for this resolution. Application for new paving to expand an existing driveway located at 1205 Dustin Drive was submitted on March 2, 2017 and denied by staff due to the property being located within the Temporary Administrative Delay area.
DISCUSSION: The subject property is located at 1205 Dustin Drive, in the Bel-Aire Addition, Lot 7, Block 3; at the northwest corner of East Boyd Street and 12th Avenue N.E., as shown on the location map. This lot is zoned R-1, Single Family Dwelling District.
Per the applicant’s request submitted to the City Clerk, the applicant purchased the home on February 17, 2017. The applicant stated they received approval from the HOA to expand the driveway due to neighbor complaints of parking on the street and to avoid parking on the grass. The applicant contacted a paving contractor to install the additional paving for the driveway. The applicant’s submittal states they were under the impression that no additional permits were needed once they received approval from the HOA.
When work began on the paving expansion a citizen complaint was received that additional paving was being installed at this address. A Public Works inspector was sent to the site to investigate the work being performed. The inspector told the property owner they needed to obtain a paving permit from the City of Norman for the additional paving. Once the property owner knew a permit was required they submitted the application for the additional paving, though the paving had already been installed.
The paving permit application submitted for the additional paved area for the expanded driveway is approximately 400 square feet. The existing driveway is 600 square feet for total of 1,000 square feet of impervious surface. Per the Ordinance, in R-1, front yard impervious surface cannot exceed 50 percent. The total front yard square footage is 3,010 square feet; thus allowing 1,505 square feet of impervious coverage. The total impervious coverage in the front yard, with the expanded driveway, is 1,000 square feet or 33% impervious surface. This meets the requirements of the Ordinance.
This request is submitted to City Council for their consideration in accordance with the appeal process approved in R-1617-72.