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RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-113: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN, LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT NO. LUP-1213-9, SO AS TO PLACE PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION. (SOUTH SIDE OF IMHOFF ROAD APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET EAST OF CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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STAFF ANALYSIS: When the 2020 Land Use Plan was adopted, a detailed land use analysis was completed that revealed Norman had 925 acres of land that was being used for industrial purposes, and the Plan reserved additional land for future industrial use. The 2025 Plan also called for additional land to be designated industrial, and recommended that 1,200 additional acres be added and preserved for future industrial use. This deliberate decision of the Council, at that time, was to create multiple opportunities to accommodate all types of industrial activities in a wide variety of locations. The actual demand for industrial land was estimated at 198 acres over the entire time frame of the Plan, up until the year 2025, which would be absorbed at the rate of approximately ten acres per year. A specific goal, Goal 4, with companion policies was enacted, which states:
Goal 4
Policy 2
Direct environmentally responsible industrial growth onto land that is highly suited for industrial development.
Policy 3
Protect suitable industrial land from residential conversion or encroachment by:
* Identifying and rezoning it to an industrial zoning classification;
* Critically reviewing rezoning requests for conversion of industrial land to non-industrial uses; and
* Assessing the impact of incompatible land uses adjacent to industrial lands.
These policies in place do not prohibit conversions of land ...
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