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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-10 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 REMOVE LOTS TWELVE (12), THIRTEEN (13) AND THE WEST TEN (10) FEET OF LOT FOURTEEN (14), IN BLOCK TWENTY (20), OF ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (325 EAST TONHAWA STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: Van's Pig Stand/Jerry's L.L.C. owns the subject tract; the tract is currently zoned R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District and the current land use designation is Low Density Residential Designation. The companion land use plan amendment and this rezoning is required for the applicant to redevelop the lot as a parking lot to serve an adjacent commercial use. The lot is currently occupied by a single-family structure; the structure is slowly deteriorating.
ANALYSIS: The applicant is seeking to increase the amount of employee and customer parking for the restaurant; they plan to remove the house to install additional parking. The existing parking area on the adjacent lot, to the east, is planned to be reconfigured and the design will allow cross-access between the two lots, accommodating approximately twenty-two spaces.
The Porter Steering Committee worked with the City's consultant and staff to develop the Porter Avenue Corridor Study, and City Council ultimately adopted the Porter Corridor Zoning Overlay District in August of 2010. One of the elements that the Plan addresses is commercial expansion along Porter Avenue. In this case, three residences will remain on the north side of Tonhawa Street with office use at the opposite corner of Tonhawa and Crawford Avenue. In addition, a permanent buffer wall will be constructed to establish the boundary between the commercial and residen...
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