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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-18 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 PART OF SECTION SIXTEEN (16), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND THE RM-6, MEDIUM DENSITY APARTMENT DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD AND 24TH AVENUE S.E. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS)
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SYNOPSIS: Classen Business Park is a mixed use development proposal consisting of commercial/office and multi-family. The total site is approximately 20 acres. The applicant is requesting a rezoning from A-2, Rural Agricultural District to C-2, General Commercial District and RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District. The proposal includes 102 apartment units, 40,000 square feet of office space and 29,000 square feet of commercial lease space.
ANALYSIS: On October 21, 1961 City Council adopted Ordinance 1318, annexing this property into the Corporate City Limits. On January 23, 1962 City Council adopted Ordinance 1339 placing this property in A-2, Rural Agricultural District.
The location of this development is between an arterial, Classen Boulevard/State Highway 77, and the Burlington Northern Railroad to the west. The site is north of Post Oak Road, south of Cedar Lane Road, on the west side of Classen Boulevard/State Highway 77.
Since the 1960's this area of Norman has experienced substantial changes from a rural, agricultural and industrial character to a more urbanized corridor of the city. The character of Classen Boulevard/State Highway 77 has changed in recent years; single and multi-family as well as commercial developments have expanded in this area.
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