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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-14 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 PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (SW/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-TWO (22), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PLACE A PORTION OF THE SAME IN THE PL, PARKLAND DISTRICT, AND A PORTION IN THE A-1, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL USE FOR A MUNCIPAL USE, AND A PORTION IN THE A-1, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (NORTH AND EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 24TH AVENUE N.E. AND ROBINSON STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: The City of Noman is proposing to plat, amend the NORMAN 2025 Land Use designation and rezone this subject tract from A-2, Rural Agricultural District, to PL, Parkland, A-1, General Agricultural District, and A-1, General Agricultural District with Special Use for a Municipal Use. The site is planned for future municipal development: the new, Emergency Operations Center, EOC, and to serve the future needs of the Utilities Department.
ANALYSIS: In April of 2017, the Planning staff was directed to update/amend the existing Zoning Ordinance to establish a policy for all municipal projects to properly zone the proposed development with a Special Use request. In order for the City to have the greatest flexibility to locate municipal and other public facilities in appropriate locations throughout the City, staff prepared a Zoning Code amendment that allows "municipal uses, public buildings and public utilities" in all zoning districts as a Special Use. The Special Use designation provides Planning Commission and City Council the opportunity to ensure that municipal uses, public buildings and public utilities are in the proper location and enables the approval of conditions that ...
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