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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1415-38 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 GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR AN OFF-STREET PARKING LOT IN THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PART OF LOTS FORTY-FOUR AND FORTY-FIVE, BLOCK ONE OF LARSH'S UNIVERSITY ADDITION, TO THE CITY OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (531 SOUTH UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is requesting Special Use for a private parking lot to be used for Othello's Restaurant. The vacant lot is designated as R-3, Multi-Family Residential District and Special Use is required for a private parking lot. The site development plan illustrates 35 parking spaces which includes two accessible parking spaces.
ANALYSIS: A previous rezoning request was approved for this lot on November 9, 1999. That request was twofold: rezone the southeast corner of the lot from R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District to C-3, Intensive Commercial District, for a 2,240 square foot outdoor patio; and rezone to Special Use for a parking lot on the east portion of the lot, adjacent to the patio, with access from Buchannan Avenue. At the time of the previous request there was a single-family home on the west portion of this lot. No changes were planned for the home at that time. The patio was constructed and is still in use; however, the parking lot was never constructed. Therefore, the approved Special Use for a parking lot expired two years after the Ordinance was adopted by City Council.
Per the conditions for Special Use in the Zoning Ordinance, Section 22:434.1 (f) Expiration for Non-Use:
"The authority to issue initial construction or initial occupancy permits pursuant to the granting of a Special Use shall expire two (2) years after the City Council approves the "Special Use", unless the City Council includes ...
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