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ORDINANCE NO. O-1112-44: 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 PLACE LOTS 38, 39, 40, 41, AND 42, BLOCK 4, STATE UNIVERSITY ADDITION TO NORMAN CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE MUD, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (NORTHWEST CORNER OF BOYD STREET AND MONNETT AVENUE)
ACTION NEEDED: Motion to adopt or reject Ordinance No. O-1112-44 upon Second Reading section by section.
ACTION TAKEN: ________________________________________
ACTION NEEDED: Motion to adopt or reject Ordinance No. O-1112-44 upon Final Reading as a whole.
ACTION TAKEN: ________________________________________
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BACKGROUND: This rezoning request is for a change of zoning from R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, to MUD, Mixed Use Development District. The applicant is proposing a Mixed Use Development on a 0.4-acre parcel of land located at the northwest corner of Boyd Street and Monnett Avenue. The proposed uses in this development will include retail/commercial on the ground floor, with residential on the top two floors. The proposal consists of a ground level area of approximately 5,447 gross square feet of multiple tenant retail/commercial space, two upper floors consisting of residential apartments and a covered parking lot. In October of 2005 the property owner requested a Special Use for a parking lot on this parcel. At that time staff supported the Special Use request stating “This lot has remained vacant for many years, awaiting more intense redevelopment. The proposed parking lot will provide some needed parking for the Campus Corner area while it awaits a future, more intense use and will eliminate the unsightliness of a vacant lot”.
The primary purpose of the MUD is to create an environment which permits a mix of housing types, commercial...
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