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RESOLUTION R-1415-83: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE PART OF SECTION SEVEN (7), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE FUTURE URBAN SERVICE AREA DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA DESIGNATION. (NORTH SIDE OF WEST TECUMSEH ROAD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE EAST OF 12TH AVENUE N.W.)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant, Aria Development, L.L.C., is requesting a NORMAN 2025 Land Use Plan amendment from Future Urban Service Area to Current Urban Service Area for approximately 82 acres of property located on the north side of West Tecumseh Road between 12th Avenue NW and North Porter Avenue. The site is already designated as Low Density Residential; this designation will not change for this single-family residential proposal. Currently, the site has one single-family home and associated outbuildings; generally the site is a large rural acreage.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation 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 the properties in the general vicinity, which suggest that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest.
In recent years this general vicinity has developed with several different single-family centered Planned Unit Developments. In addition to the single-family developments there is a mixed-use proposal within this general vicinity. This mixed-use proposal includes mixed residential neighborhoods, office/commercial and light industrial zones. The large distribution hub for Sysco Oklahoma is located to the southwest of this proposal, across West Tecumseh Road. The area continues to grow with single-family developments similar in nature to this proposal. ...
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