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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-27 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 WEST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION NINE, TOWNSHIP EIGHT NORTH, RANGE TWO WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY AND GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR A CHURCH, TEMPLE, OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1500 EAST IMHOFF ROAD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, Life.Church Norman, is requesting to rezone 18.55 acres from A-2, Rural Agricultural District to I-1, Light Industrial District with Special Use for a church, temple or other place of worship.
ANALYSIS: This parcel has been zoned A-2, Rural Agricultural District since the Zoning Ordinance was adopted in July 1954. A church is an allowed use in A-2, Rural Agricultural District; therefore a zoning change was not required when Life.Church Norman submitted their preliminary plat in January 2016.
Life.Church Norman is currently under construction. This request is being made because, under the A-2, Rural Agricultural District, the Sign Code prevents the church from obtaining the requested square footage of signage and the setback is 25' feet from the property line because they are across from residentially zoned land. Rezoning to I-1, Light Industrial District, will allow the church to obtain the requested square footage of signage and the setback for a ground and/or pole sign is zero feet at the property line. A proposed sign package is attached as reference.
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IMPACTS This request will not create any negative impacts to the surrounding area. The surrounding area abutting this parcel is commercial and industrial businesses with multi-family apartments a...
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