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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1718-14 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AMENDING CHAPTER 22 OF THE CITY CODE TO AMEND SECTION 420, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS (PUD), BY UPDATING THE REFERENCE TO THE CITY OF NORMAN'S MASTER LAND USE PLAN, BY INCREASING THE ACREAGE REQUIRED FOR PUD ZONING TO FIVE ACRES OR MORE AND AMENDING OTHER STANDARDS OF DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE DEVELOPMENTS ZONED PUD; TO ADD SECTION 420.05, SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS (SPUD), TO CREATE A NEW ZONING CATEGORY FOR SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS CONTAINING LESS THAN FIVE ACRES; TO AMEND SECTION 431.2 BY DELETING THE WORD 'COMMERCIAL' FROM THE TITLE AND TO ADD SECTION 431.2 (c), SMALL COMMUNICATION TOWERS, TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF THESE TOWERS THAT PROVIDE PRIMARILY RURAL INTERNET SERVICE; AND TO ADD SECTION 433, DISTRIBUTED WIND TURBINES, TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OF THESE TURBINES THAT PROVIDE POWER TO INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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BACKGROUND: In the last year staff has had several inquiries from business owners to allow uses that are currently prohibited in the Zoning Code in certain areas or in the whole City. Staff has been researching other cities on how these uses are regulated and presented this information to the Community Planning and Transportation Committee for discussion and future action on August 24, 2017. In addition the City Council has requested that staff research a potential change in the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Ordinance to allow a different method of approving PUDs less than two acres in size. The Community Planning and Transportation Committee recommended that staff move forward with the amendments to the Zoning Code and proposed changes which have been incorporated into the draft ordinance.
DISCUSSION: The topics that are included for discussion are Simple Planned Unit Development (SPUD), Distributed (Small) Wind Turbines and ...
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