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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-2 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 NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION FIFTEEN (15), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE THREE (3) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE RM-2, LOW DENSITY APARTMENT DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE C-1, LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (NORTHWEST CORNER OF 36TH AVENUE N.W. AND CASCADE BOULEVARD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant's request is to rezone approximately 2.162 acres from RM-2, Low Density Apartment District to C-1, Local Commercial District to develop two one-story buildings for a retail shopping center. Each building will front on 36th Avenue N.W. and be approximately 10,500 square feet with up to six lease spaces in each building. Any allowed use in C-1, Local Commercial District will be permitted to occupy the lease spaces as long as the parking requirement can be met.
ANALYSIS: This area of Norman has experienced an increase in residential and commercial development over the last 20 years. Norman Regional Healthplex has generated much of the development in the general vicinity with new neighborhoods, office buildings, retail shops and shopping plazas in northwest Norman.
An increase in residential development is a direct correlation to the need for an increase in commercial development in a given area. To the west and south of this site is Cascade Estates single family residential development; the first phase was zoned R-1 in 1984 and is directly west of the church that abuts this site. The remaining Cascade Estates development was developed under a PUD in 1998. Directly north of this site is Windsor Apartments that recently received occupancy permits. To the east of the site is the Norman Regional Medical Park with several specialty m...
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