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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1415-44 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 SPECIAL USE FOR A MIXED BUILDING IN THE C-3, INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR LOTS 13 AND 14, BLOCK 13, ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (226-228 EAST MAIN STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is proposing a mixed building for a two-story building located at 226 and 228 East Main Street, which is the old Blair Furniture Store that recently went out of business. The proposal is for six loft apartments above a commercial retail space zoned C-3, Intensive Commercial District. The building is located on the south side of Main Street just west Crawford Avenue.
ANALYSIS: Under the C-3 zoning district, Special Use for Mixed Building can be granted for a residential component on the upper floors as long as the use on the ground floor is a permitted use within the zoning district. The zoning for this location fits the required criteria for a mixed building.
Within the last decade, and since Main Street/Downtown Revitalization, there have been six Special Use requests granted for mixed buildings on Main Street. Utilizing the second floor space above the commercial space for dwellings was how many of the historic buildings in Downtown Norman were originally designed. The Main Street Revitalization Project took place in the early 2000's which started to bring back the residential component into Downtown Norman once again; road and traffic control improvements, new street lighting, landscaping, street furniture and multi-modal sidewalks were all part of the revitalization project.
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IMPACTS: The C-3 zoning district does not have a parking requirement to provide off-street parking for any use within the district. There is on-street parking availa...
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