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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1415-6 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 1, TOWNSHIP 9 NORTH (T9N), RANGE 3 WEST (R3W), OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE RE, RESIDENTIAL ESTATES DWELLING DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (2013 WEST FRANKLIN ROAD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicants submitted development applications to preliminary plat and rezone the subject tract from A-2, Rural Agricultural District to RE, Residential Estate Dwelling District. This tract of land is ten acres. The proposal is to subdivide the property into three two-acre lots and one almost three-acre lot to create home sites for single-family construction.
ANALYSIS: This tract of land was previously platted as Tract B in Alexander Acres, part of the Norman Rural Certificate of Survey (NRCOS) platting process. Alexander Acres was platted in November of 2003. Alexander Acres consisted of three ten-acre tracts, Tracts A, B and C. In 2013 Tract C was purchased by Finley Resources. In early 2014, Finley Resources moved through District Court to remove Tract C from Alexander Acres, essentially vacating that tract from the original NRCOS for Alexander Acres. The vacation of Tract C permitted Finley Resources to drill an oil well on that site. Per City of Norman Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Licenses and Occupations, Article XV. Oil, Gas and Mineral Production, Section 1509, Production Prohibitions, oil and gas exploration permits shall not be granted on any parcel of land that is contained or described by any approved Final Plat or contained or described by an approved certificate of survey subdivision. To obtain a permit to drill on-site the property had to be removed ...
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