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RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-6: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE LOTS 43 AND 44, BLOCK 5, HARDIE RUCKER ADDITION, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGE AVENUE AND STINSON STREET)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant is requesting a 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan amendment from Low Density Residential Designation to Medium Density Residential Designation to allow the construction of a duplex on property located at the northwest corner of George Avenue and Stinson Street. The applicant recently purchased this lot with the intent of constructing a triplex. However, due to the constraints of the size of the lot, the maximum density allowed is for a duplex. The current land use designation will only allow single-family use so the applicant must request a change in land use.
ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use designation 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 changes will not be contrary to the public interest. The area around this lot has gradually changed over the years. There is now a multi-family use to the southeast of this corner lot, commercial directly east and institutional uses to the east and south. The change in the number of owner-occupied dwellings in the area in comparison to rental properties should be taken into consideration as well.
2. There is a determination that the proposed change would not result in adverse land use or adverse traffic impacts to surrounding properties or the vicinity. The area is predominantly designated as single-family use with so...
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