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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1415-42 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE O-1314-18, TO ADDRESS SIGNAGE FOR LOT 1, BLOCK 1, THE MILLENNIUM ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (900 EAST LINDSEY STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: The owner previously submitted a land use plan amendment, rezoning and preliminary plat application for this site which was approved by Council in November, 2013. The applicant proposed to develop an undeveloped tract of land with a student based housing project and rezone from C-2, General Commercial District, RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District, and A-2, Rural Agricultural District to a PUD, Planned Unit Development. The approved NORMAN 2025 designation is High Density Residential.
CURRENT PROPOSAL: At the time of the original submittal and approval the signage proposal had not been fully vetted; the applicant was not sure of signage type, location and square footage. Since signage was undetermined the PUD moved forward with the standard reference that signage shall be in conformance with the City of Norman's Sign Code. Since the adoption of the PUD, the owner developed a signage proposal and realized the current Sign Code does not allow what the owner is proposing. The guidelines for the allowed square footage of signage, location, setbacks and number of signs in the Sign Code is determined by the land use on the site. This PUD is for a student based housing development, essentially RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District. The owner is requesting more signage area than that allowed in the RM-6 District so the owner is submitting the request to amend the PUD to allow the proposed attached sign package for the site, see Exhibit E.
This item is before you because the proposed signage included in the adopted PUD stated all signs for the site woul...
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