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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-2021-20 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 GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR A FRATERNITY OR SORORITY HOUSE IN THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OF SECITON SIX (6), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1320 COLLEGE AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, Delta Alpha Housing Corporation, is requesting Special Use for a fraternity house. There was a fraternity house on this lot until it burned down due to a lighting strike back in April 2020. Because the site does not carry the Special Use designation, the applicant is required to bring the zoning up to date before rebuilding the site. The parcel is zoned R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, and Special Use is required in this zoning designation for a fraternity/sorority use.
ANALYSIS: This site, located at 1320 College Avenue, was placed in the R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District on August 23, 1955 when the City of Norman extended the city limits with the adoption of Ordinance No. 906. At that time, Special Use was not required for quasi-unit quarters and the fraternity was allowed by right.
On June 27, 1996 City Council held a Study Session regarding concern for rooming and boarding houses in residential neighborhoods. An ordinance was drafted that requires all rooming and boarding houses, including fraternities and sororities, to obtain Special Use allowed only in multi-family dwelling districts. Since the adoption of Ordinance O-9697-6, all quasi-unit quarters, which include sororities and fraternities, must acquire Special Use. This type of Special Use can be obtained in the RM-2, Low Density Apartment Dwelling, the R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, and in the RM-6, Medium Density Apart...
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