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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1415-9 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 THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION TWENTY (20), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-2, TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE RM-6, MEDIUM DENSITY APARTMENT DISTRICT, WITH SPECIAL USE FOR A CONVALESCENT OR NURSING HOME, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (501 E. ROBINSON STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: This application for rezoning covers approximately five acres of land just east of the northeast corner of Robinson Street and N. Porter Avenue. The applicant is requesting to rezone and plat the property, bringing it under the current zoning and subdivision regulations. This property was never platted and the existing zoning is not adequate for the proposed use. The applicant is requesting to rezone from R-2, Two-Family Dwelling District with an expired Permissive Use for a Convalescent or Nursing Home to RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District with Special Use for a Convalescent or Nursing Home.
ANALYSIS: The previous convalescent facility on this site was established in the 1960's per Ordinance 1403, R-2, Two-Family Dwelling District with Permissive Use for Convalescent Home. The facility had been utilized as such until around 2010; at that time the facility closed. In the 1960's the R-2 District allowed the convalescent home use as a use permissible on review. However, in 1990 the convalescent use was removed from the R-2 District, creating a legal non-conforming use on this site. Essentially, the facility was considered to be a "grandfathered use" since the use was already in place at the time the R-2 District uses were amended. Furthermore, the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 22, Section 419, Non-Conforming Uses...
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