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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-17 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 LOTS 5 AND 6, BLOCK 23, AMENDED PLAT OF BLOCKS 19 AND 23 OF CLASSEN-MILLER ADDITION FROM THE C-1, LOCAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND TO GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR A MIXED BUILDING IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, FOR LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6, BLOCK 23, AMENDED PLAT OF BLOCKS 19 AND 23 OF CLASSEN-MILLER ADDITION TO THE CITY OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1226 CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is seeking to rezone the northwest corner of Classen Boulevard and Boyd Street, 1226 Classen Boulevard. Currently the site has two different zoning designations. The northern two lots, Lots 5 and 6 of Block 23, are currently designated C-1, Local Commercial District with Special Use for "Residential Use". The southern four lots, Lots 1 through 4 of Block 23, are currently designated C-2, General Commercial District with Special Use for a "Residential Use". With this application the applicant is requesting C-2, General Commercial District with Special Use for a Mixed Building for the entire site. The correct special use zoning designation for the site should be "Mixed Building" not "Residential Use". This request will allow the upper floor on each end of the building to be used for a residential use.
ANALYSIS: In March of 2010, the applicant requested the use of an apartment be permitted on the west end of the existing convenience store at this site. That rezoning request was approved with Ordinance No. O-0910-20. With that approval the west end of the convenience store was expanded for a second retail use and a second floor was added for the residential component. That Special Use was tied to the site plan...
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