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RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-25: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE (25), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE THREE (3) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (1515 WEST MAIN STREET)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant is proposing to operate a private school at 1515 West Main Street. The school will be based on the Waldorf educational system. In keeping with current standards and requests, staff has obligated the applicant to update the Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan for this site from the current designation of Low Density Residential to Institutional, the designation used by some but not all schools in the City.
The 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use change is approved.
1. There has been a change in circumstances resulting from development of properties in the general vicinity which suggest that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest. The majority of the area around this noteworthy home has not changed in many years. The site is surrounded on the north, west and east by existing single family homes. The southern property line of this site abuts the north side of Main Street, a Principal Arterial established on the 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan. As stated, the area has not changed uses for years, only the single family development has increased in density. However, the use of this site as a single family residence is no longer a viable use. When this home site was built many years ago, Main Street was a two lane road with a minimal traffic count to what it is today.
2. There is a determination that the proposed change would not result in adverse land use or adverse traffic impac...
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