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RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-134: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN, LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT NO. LUP-1213-11, SO AS TO PLACE LOT 2, BLOCK 1, NORTHRIDGE INDUSTRIAL PARK SECTION 4, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE OFFICE DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION. (3530 MACDONNELL DRIVE)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant recently purchased this parcel with the goal of changing an existing industrially designated and platted lot to an office designation, specifically, to allow the use of a treatment counseling facility for adolescents. Applicant is proposing to rezone this facility to allow the use of a Level E Group Home which will serve disadvantaged and troubled youth who are in the custody of the Department of Human Services (DHS). These youth will be adjudicated as neglected, deprived or in need of treatment to qualify for residence at the facility. The facility is designated "staff secure", meaning it is not a lock-down facility. The clients will live on-site for a period of 7-9 months depending on the progress they make in the program. Each resident will receive individual and group therapy on a weekly basis from a licensed counselor. They will attend school 12 months of the year in the on-site school which is operated in partnership with the Norman Public Schools. Recreational therapy is also available. The facility will have live-in quarters for the residents, and will be monitored and licensed by DHS. The facility will be staffed by a director, program coordinator, counselor, cook, medical personnel and both counseling and non-counseling house parents on a 24-hour basis, pursuant to DHS licensing standards. Operation of the Level E Group Home is monitored and governed by DHS licensing standards, offices of the state and local fire marshals, the Oklahoma Health Department and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.
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