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RESOLUTION R-1516-79: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE A PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION NINE (9), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNATION. (SOUTH SIDE OF IMHOFF ROAD APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER MILE EAST OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant is in the process of preliminary platting the entire tract of land totaling 18.55 acres. The tract is zoned A-2, Rural Agricultural District; this zoning designation will remain in place because a church is allowed by right in the A-2, Rural Agricultural District. The request for a NORMAN 2025 Land Use Plan Amendment from Industrial to Institutional will apply to 9.82 acres in the southern portion of the tract where the church will be located. The remaining 8.73 acres, abutting Imhoff Road, will remain Industrial Land Use Designation. Currently, applications for rezoning and land use amendments have not been submitted for the northern portion of this tract. The church is requesting the land use amendment because the type of proposed use, a church, is classified as institutional not industrial.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
The 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 suggests that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest.
Historically, this area of Norman was primarily agricultural and industrial land use designations and zoning districts. However, over time population has significantly increased within the general vicinity; as population increases within an area there is a greater need for goods and servic...
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