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ORDINANCE O-1415-21 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 NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE (33), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE C-1, LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF ALAMEDA STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF TRIAD VILLAGE DRIVE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is requesting to rezone and amend the land use designation to develop a day care facility and office park. Currently, the entire parcel is vacant, has never been developed, and there are two zoning districts on the single parcel.
Approximately one-third of the parcel is zoned C-2, General Commercial District, on the western portion and the remaining two-thirds of the parcel is zoned C-1, Local Commercial District. The applicant is requesting to place the entire parcel in the C-1, Local Commercial District. Placing the entire parcel in one zoning district will essentially 'clean up' the zoning.
ANALYSIS: Middle Earth Day Care is a 501C3 Nonprofit Organization that first opened in 1971 on South Base at the University of Oklahoma and remained there for 36 years until OU began redevelopment of the South Base Campus in 2007. At that time the facility was moved to a temporary location and rented a tenant space in the shopping center at the corner of Alameda and 12th Avenue NW.
Middle Earth Day Care has been raising funds for a new building for many years, and now they have the financial ability to make a new facility a reality. The proposed location of the new facility is immediately southeast of their current location; the close proximity allows the facility to retain their current market and clients.
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