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RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-44: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE LOTS 3, 4, AND 5, BLOCK 1, UNIVERSITY PLAZA ADDITION AND THE AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOYD VIEW PARK, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE PARKLAND DESIGNATION AND THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION. (NEAR THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LINDSEY STREET AND CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant has submitted a request to rezone an undeveloped tract of land from C-2, General Commercial District, RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District, and A-2, Rural Agricultural District to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a student based housing project. The land under review was set aside on the Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan as High Density Residential, Commercial and Parkland; this proposal will designate the entire property as High Density Residential.
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 properties in the general vicinity which suggest that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest.
In recent years there have been several multi-family/student housing developments in the vicinity of this proposed development.
To the east of this property, located at the southwest corner of Lindsey Street and 12th Avenue SE, is East Village, a Planned Unit Development. This development consists of commercial, office and both single family and multi-family residential components. There are three four-story buildings located on the east side of the development that house the multi-family units and commercial uses. There are roughly ninety apartment units in this development, approximately thirty units per building on almost 2.75 acres. There are forty-three si...
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