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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-15 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING SECTION 419, NON-CONFORMING USES; AMENDING SECTION 431.7 BY CLARIFYING THE LOCATION OF OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES, NOTICE PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES FOR NON-COMPLIANCE; AMENDING SECTION 441, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; AMENDING SECTION 450, DEFINITIONS, OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORMAN; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The Planning and Community Development Department has prepared a number of Code amendments that will clarify areas of confusion in the Code. Staff is proposing changes to Chapter 22 (Zoning) to address recent issues that have been brought forward regarding the location of off-street parking spaces, second homes for medical reasons in the rural area of the City, regulations for non-conforming uses and when a Variance is allowed.
The Planning Commission conducted a Study Session on November 14, 2013, to discuss the changes to Chapter 22 (Zoning Ordinance). The Commission agreed that all of the proposed amendments to Chapter 22 should move forward for consideration.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The proposed amendments to Chapter 22 are varied and described below. They address several types of requests that have come to our attention in the last year and cannot be adequately addressed by the current language in the Code.
1. Section 22-431.7 addresses the location of off-street parking spaces. Section (a) language has been updated to read more clearly. Section (b) adds the same restriction regarding parking surfaces for commercial districts as for residential districts except for vehicle and equipment storage yards that are completely enclosed by an opaque fence. Section (c) adds the provision that notices for illegal parking may be issued to the property owner if information is not available on the registration of the vehicle. Also, if the offending ...
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