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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-2021-23 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 FIFTEEN (15) AND SIXTEEN (16), IN BLOCK SEVENTY-TWO (72) OF ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CCFBC, CENTER CITY FORM-BASED CODE, AND PLACE SAME IN THE CCPUD, CENTER CITY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (231 WEST MAIN STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is requesting to rezone this property from Center City Form Based Code, Urban Storefront and Urban General Frontages to Center City Planned Unit Development (CCPUD) to allow for the redevelopment of this property for commercial, retail, civic, professional uses and potentially residential uses, i.e., mixed uses. The proposal is to allow for any of the requested uses on all floors, with residential uses limited to upper stories. A CCPUD is required for this redevelopment to vary the existing requirements of the CCFBC adopted for this area. In addition, the applicant would like to retain the existing red brick structure on the site.
To meet the redevelopment goal, the applicant is requesting the following variances to the CCFBC:
1) Additional 3'3" setback from Required Build Line (RBL) on Webster Ave.
2) Reduction of the build to line from 100% to 80% on Main St.
3) Exemption from the street wall requirement for the gap along the required build to line on both Main Street and Webster Ave.
4) Elimination of RETAIL - STOREFRONT requirement on the ground floor
5) Exemption of the requirement that 2nd floor retail and restaurant spaces be extension of a ground floor use
6) Allowance of office use on first floor within the first 20' of the RBL
7) Exemption from landscaping requirements of the CCFBC
8) Exemption from the 15% Open Space requirement
9) Exemption from Section 403, 1. Building Height
10) Allowance for a 300 squ...
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