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RESOLUTION R-1415-85: 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 NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION THREE (3), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE FUTURE URBAN SERVICE AREA DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA DESIGNATION. (SOUTH SIDE OF EAST LINDSEY STREET APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE EAST OF 24TH AVENUE S.E.)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant is requesting a NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan amendment from Future Urban Service Area (FUSA) to Current Urban Service Area (CUSA). The applicant is proposing to bring water and sewer to the site, making this property qualify for Current Urban Service Area. This site is already designated Low Density Residential; no change is needed to this designation. The proposal is to develop a 10.5 acre parcel into 48 single-family lots.
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.
Recently, there has been an increase in single-family homes within this general vicinity. Norman is growing and expanding to the east. Within the last ten years there has been an expansion of developments consisting of single-family homes, businesses and an elementary school. On the north side of Lindsey Street, across from the proposed site is Siena Springs, a Planned Unit Development (PUD), Ordinance No. O-0607-9, which was approved for single-family homes. To the west of Siena Springs the current zoning is Residential Estates which is zoned for two-acre lots for single-family homes; currently, the site has two single-family hom...
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