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RESOLUTION NO. R-1415-29: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SEVENTEEN (17), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION. (GENERALLY LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST CEDAR LANE ROAD AND 12TH AVENUE S.E.)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant, Eaglecliff L.P., is proposing to develop a tract of land located on the southwest corner of 12th Avenue SE and East Cedar Lane Road for two-family use. The site has never been final platted and is undeveloped.
This application was on the June 12, 2014 Planning Commission Agenda. The application moved forward to City Council with a unanimous recommendation for adoption. However, at the July 22, 2014, City Council Meeting, the NORMAN 2025 Plan Resolution (R-1314-134) was rejected; the Ordinance (O-1314-55) and Preliminary Plat (PP-1314-17) were not acted upon by City Council. Therefore, the resolution, rezoning application, and preliminary plat are allowed to apply without waiting the one year required for a rezoning request which has been denied by City Council.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use designation change is approved.
1. There has been a change in circumstances resulting from development of properties in the general vicinity that suggests that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest.
This area has had a substantial amount of development in recent years. To the south of this development there is one multi-family development. To the north, on the east side of 12th Avenue S.E. there are two new student-based multi-family developments. Between the two student-based mu...
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