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CONSIDERATION OF A NORMAN RURAL CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY COS-1516-3 FOR BASS FARM WITH A VARIANCE IN THE PRIVATE ROAD REQUIREMENTS. (GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF 132ND AVENUE N.E. AND ONE-HALF MILE SOUTH OF EAST TECUMSEH ROAD)
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BACKGROUND: This item is Norman Rural Certificate of Survey No. COS-1516-3, Bass Farm, generally located on the west side of 132nd Avenue N.E. (Closed Road) and one-half mile south of East Tecumseh Road. The property is located in the A-2, Rural Agricultural District.
DISCUSSION: Tract 1 consists of 10 acres, Tract 2 consists of 16.27 acres and Tract 3 consists of 10 acres. There are a total of three tracts encompassing 36.27 acres in this certificate of survey. This certificate of survey, if approved, will allow the construction of one single family home on each tract. Planning Commission, at its meeting of October 8, 2015, recommended approval of the request for variance of minimum width requirement for a private road from twenty-feet (20’) to twelve-feet (12’) and approval of Certificate of Survey No. COS-1516-3, Bass Farm.
Private water and sanitary sewer systems will be installed for the tracts in accordance with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality standards. Fire protection will be provided by the City of Norman pumper/tanker trunks.
All three (3) tracts will access the property from Thunderbird Ridge Road, a private road (built to a twenty-foot (20’) standard in the Lakeside Estates. A request has been made for a variance in a private road width within the Bass Farm property from 20-feet to 12-feet based on the fact it will be served by less than four (4) tracts.
RECOMMENDATION: Based upon the above information, staff recommends approval of Norman Rural Certificate of Survey No. COS-1516-3 for Bass Farm with a variance in the minimum width of private road from 20-feet to 12-feet serving three tracts.