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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-10 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 REMOVE PART OF THE WEST HALF (W/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW/4) OF SECTION THIRTY-TWO (32), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE R-1, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (BOUNDED APPROXIMATELY BY EAST SYMMES STREET ON THE NORTH, FERRILL STREET ON THE SOUTH, THE RAILROAD TRACKS ON THE WEST, AND CLASSEN BOULEVARD ON THE EAST)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, Judith Hadley and petitioners made a request to rezone the subject area from R-3, Multi-Family District, to R-1, Single Family District. According to the Zoning Ordinance in Section 442.1-Amendments:
"Whenever the owners of fifty-one percent (51%) of the land in any area shall present a petition duly signed and acknowledged requesting an amendment of the regulations prescribed for such area, it shall be the duty of the City Council to vote upon such amendment within ninety (90) days of the filing of the same by the petitioners with the City Clerk."
The applicant and the petitioners met the petition requirement to bring this request forward; the original application submitted included owners of 61.1% of the land area within the subject tract signing the petition in favor of the rezoning request. The applicant and petitioners are requesting this rezoning to prevent redevelopment of existing structures into allowed uses under the R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District regulations.
ANALYSIS: This area of Norman is known as Core Norman. The University of Oklahoma is three blocks southwest of this neighborhood, Campus Corner is two blocks to the southwest and downtown Norman is two blocks to the north. Cor...
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