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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-15 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 LOTS SEVENTEEN (17), EIGHTEEN (18), NINETEEN (19), AND TWENTY (20), IN BLOCK TWENTY-FOUR (24), OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE C-3, INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN THE PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (220 SOUTH PORTER AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is proposing a motorcycle retail, service and repair infill project at 220 S. Porter Avenue. This property is currently zoned C-3, Intensive Commercial District, and automobile or machinery sales and services are not allowed uses in C-3. Therefore, the applicant is proposing a PUD, Planned Unit Development that will allow C-2, General Commercial permitted uses, which allows automobile and or machinery sales and service. The PUD includes an on-site parking exemption; this location has never had a parking requirement under C-3, Intensive Commercial designation.
ANALYSIS: The Porter Corridor Overlay District refers to this portion of Porter Avenue as 'Automobile Alley' because Porter Avenue historically was where all the auto sales and service shops were located in Norman. There continue to be many types of auto service shops that thrive on Porter Avenue, however, new car sales have moved and are generally located on the 'Mile of Cars' on the I-35 frontage road.
This location was University Muffler for decades and now the building is vacant. The applicant would like to relocate from their current location at the southeast corner of Gray Street and Santa Fe Street to this historic auto shop location.
The building has two lease spaces on this parcel; the entire site will be subject to the proposed PUD regulations.
USE: The PUD allows permitted C-2, General Commercial uses, with ...
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