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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-4 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 PLACE LOT ONE (1), BLOCK TWO (2), MEDICAL ARTS ADDITION, AND LOT ONE (1), BLOCK ONE (1), MEDICAL ARTS ADDITION SECTION 2, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE O-1, OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL USE FOR A HIGH IMPACT INSTITUTIONAL USE, AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE CO, SUBURBAN OFFICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (NORTHWEST CORNER OF EAST ROBINSON STREET AND MEDICAL ARTS DRIVE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicants, Teamworks & Associates, LLC, have requested to rezone this subject property from CO, Suburban Office Commercial District to O-1, Office-Institutional with Special Use for a High Impact Institutional Use to allow an acute care facility to locate on-site. The acute care facility will house twelve children, varying in ages from six to fourteen. The children admitted to the facility are considered "at risk", meaning they can no longer be counseled in a less restrictive environment. This facility will be a twenty-four hour, seven day a week lock down facility. Staffing at this facility will be qualified professionals holding specialized degrees, trained in innovative methods and treatments for youth. The facility was previously used as an outpatient surgery center. That surgery center has since relocated leaving the opportunity for Teamworks to reuse the site.
ANALYSIS:
O-1, Office-Institutional District: This District is intended to provide a place for those types of institutional and office activities that require separate buildings and building groups surrounded by landscaped yards and open area. Land, space and aesthetic requirements of these uses allow them to be located at the perimeter of residential neighborhoods. The district can be an effective ...
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