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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR NORMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL ADDITION. (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST ACRES STREET AND JAMES GARNER AVENUE)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for Norman Public Library Central Addition and is located at the northwest corner of Acres Street and James Garner Avenue. The property consists of 7.33 acres and one (1) lot. The proposed use is a public library.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of March 9, 2017, recommended to City Council the amending of the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Commercial and High Density Residential Designation to Institutional Designation. Also, Planning Commission recommended that this property be placed in the C-3, Intensive Commercial District and removed from I-1, Light Industrial District and R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District. In addition, Planning Commission, at its meeting of March 9, 2017, recommended to City Council that the preliminary plat for Norman Public Library Central Addition be approved.
DISCUSSION: This application will construct a 79,340 square foot library on the northwest corner of the Acres Street intersection with James Garner Avenue. In total this preliminary plat is expected to generate approximately 3,190 trips per day, 99 trips during the AM peak hour, and 493 trips during the PM peak hour. The traffic capacity on the affected roadways exceeds the demand for existing and proposed trips as a result of this development. No negative traffic impacts are anticipated on these facilities.
Because of the development's size and traffic generation potential, the applicant was required to submit a traffic impact study. The study was completed by Peters and Associates Engineers, Inc., and was submitted in December, 2016.
The study location is north of Acres Street and west of the BNSF Railroad and the proposed extension of James Garner Avenue north to Robinson and Flood. The proposal includes a new site ...
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