City of Norman, OK - File #: O-1718-48

• File #: O-1718-48
• Version: 1
• Name: Southridge HD Expansion
• Type: Zoning Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/17/2018
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/26/2018
• Final action: 6/26/2018
• Title: CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1718-48 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 ON A PORTION OF SOUTHRIDGE ADDITION, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (A TRACT OF LAND BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE BNSF RAILROAD TRACKS, ON THE SOUTH BY BROOKS STREET, ON THE EAST BY CLASSEN BOULEVARD, ON THE NORTH BY 1310 CLASSEN BOULEVARD, AND INCLUDING EARL SNEED PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/26/2018	1	City Council
6/26/2018	1	City Council
6/12/2018	1	City Council
5/10/2018	1	Planning Commission

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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1718-48 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 ON A PORTION OF SOUTHRIDGE ADDITION, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (A TRACT OF LAND BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE BNSF RAILROAD TRACKS, ON THE SOUTH BY BROOKS STREET, ON THE EAST BY CLASSEN BOULEVARD, ON THE NORTH BY 1310 CLASSEN BOULEVARD, AND INCLUDING EARL SNEED PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD)

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BACKGROUND: In October of 2016 neighbors within the Southridge neighborhood successfully petitioned City Council for the establishment of the Southridge Historic District as shown on the attached Map "Exhibit #1". The existing Southridge Historic District contains 103 parcels located between Classen Boulevard and Oklahoma Avenue along the streets of Macy, Boyd, Tulsa, Okmulgee and Shawnee. Now the majority of the neighbors located on the west side of Classen Boulevard between Tulsa Street and Brooks Street are interested in joining the Southridge Historic District. In the fall of 2017 neighborhood leaders began the process to obtain local historic district designation for the expansion area by seeking the support of property owners of the relevant properties. In March of 2018, the neighborhood leaders had obtained the required signatures needed to make the expansion request for historic district designation as laid out in Section 429.3.6 of the Zoning Ordinance.

The neighbors within the proposed expanded area of the Southridge Neighborhood 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% ...