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RESOLUTION R-1617-55: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE PART OF LOTS ONE (1) AND TWO (2), IN BLOCK ONE (1), OF OAKRIDGE ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION. (800 WEST LINDSEY STREET)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: This parcel has two lots, each with a different zoning designation; Lot 1 is zoned C-1, Local Commercial District with an existing 1,600 square foot commercial building and Lot 2 is zoned R-1, Single Family Dwelling District and is vacant. The applicant owns both lots. The applicant wants to expand the existing commercial building to a single story 3,200 square foot grocery and liquor store with an associated parking lot. The applicant is requesting to rezone the entire parcel to a Planned Unit Development, PUD, and amend the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Low Density Residential Designation to Commercial Designation.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use change is approved.
1. There has been a change in circumstances resulting from development of the properties in the general vicinity which suggest that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest.
This location is three blocks west of the University of Oklahoma and the surrounding neighborhoods are comprised of a variety of residential uses from single family, two-family, multi-family and Greek row. Two blocks to the east of this site on the southeast corner of Lindsey Street and College Avenue is what is now JJ's Pizza Shop that for many years was Amspatcher's Market, a small grocery, deli and butcher store. The subject commercially zoned corner can also provide this type of service to the surrounding neighborhoods. The commercial building on Lot 1 was built in 1954 and has op...
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