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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-8 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 HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION TO A PORTION OF SOUTHRIDGE ADDITION AND CLASSEN-MILLER ADDITION, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN MACY AVENUE ON THE NORTH, SHAWNEE STREET ON THE SOUTH, CLASSEN BOULEVARD ON THE WEST, AND OKLAHOMA AVENUE ON THE EAST)
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BACKGROUND: The proposed Southridge Historic District is located approximately one mile south of downtown Norman and one quarter mile east of OU campus along Classen Boulevard. See attached Map "A".
Neighbors within the proposed Southridge Historic District have pursued the steps required by the zoning ordinance to make a request for Historic District designation. The Zoning Ordinance requires the following steps:
* an architectural/historic survey of the proposed district done by a qualified professional,
* the gathering of signatures of the property owners owning at least 51% of the land area within the proposed district requesting the historic district designation,
* submission of a zoning application in the same manner prescribed for the designation of other zoning districts.
The neighborhood pursuit of historic designation began several years ago with a series of meetings between the then Historic Preservation Officer, Susan Atkinson, and a group of Southridge neighborhood leaders who were concerned about preservation of their historic neighborhood. At the request of the neighborhood, the City of Norman in September of 2014, contracted with a historic consultant to perform a Historic Intensive Level Survey of the area seen on attached Map "B". This survey was funded through the State Historic Preservation Office Certified Local Government Grant Program which provides grant money for local historic preservation efforts. T...
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