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RESOLUTION R-1920-67: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW/4) OF SECTION NINETEEN (19), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE/4) OF SECTION TWENTY-FOUR (24), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE THREE (3) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNATION. (GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN FLOOD AVENUE AND GODDARD AVENUE)
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ITEM: The City of Norman requests amendment of the NORMAN 2025 Land Use & Transportation Plan from Industrial Designation to Institutional Designation for 11.87 acres of property generally located south of Rock Creek Road between Flood Avenue and Goddard Avenue.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The City of Norman is submitting a request for a Preliminary Plat, Land Use Plan Amendment and Rezoning with Special Use for the City of Norman maintenance facilities. The property contains approximately 11.87 acres. The applicant is proposing four additional buildings with parking lots for each building and a detention pond on the south side of Da Vinci Street. The proposed institutional uses include the following: City of Norman transit maintenance facility, park maintenance, municipal fire storage facility and administrative offices.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 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 suggest that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest.
This site is undeveloped and used for surface parking for City of Norman vehicles. This site is directly south of the existing City of Norman maintenance facility, and this location will be the new home of four city maintenan...
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