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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-24 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 BLOCK 14 OF SOUTHRIDGE ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-1, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (SOUTH SIDE OF ENID STREET BETWEEN CLASSEN BOULEVARD AND OKLAHOMA AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS This is a request to rezone an approximately .13 acre parcel which is owned by the City of Norman, zoned R-1 and located as an island surrounded by three streets, Oklahoma Avenue, Enid Street and Classen Boulevard. This property was deeded to the City in the 1920s with the recording of the adjacent residential plat, Block 14 of Southridge Addition. It is currently maintained by the City Parks Department, but functions as a traffic island. The future developer and adjacent property owner, Aria Development, L.L.C., and the City of Norman, are working together to close and vacate the portion of Oklahoma Avenue situated between this subject tract and the adjacent 3 acre tract to the east. The proposal to rezone this .13 acre tract, in conjunction with the request to close a portion of Oklahoma Avenue, amend the current Land Use Plan designation on the subject tract and preliminarily plat the area, is moving forward with the overall development plan to create a viable commercial area while eliminating an otherwise non-conforming and dangerous intersection. The majority of the subject tract will remain open, providing pedestrian access from the adjacent neighborhood to the future businesses.
ANALYSIS: Aria Development approached the City with the overall development plan to close and vacate a portion of Oklahoma Avenue, purchase the subject tract and incorporate that area into their overall development plan; as stated Ar...
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