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RESOLUTION NO. R-1415-27: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE A TRACT OF LAND LYING IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY-FOUR (34), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE THREE (3) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION. (SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WEST MAIN STREET AND 48TH AVENUE S.W.)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: This application is for the platting and development of a vacant lot located at the southeast corner of 48th Avenue SW and West Main Street. The applicant is proposing to construct twenty two-story single-family attached homes. Each unit will have an attached two car garage with adequate driveway access and there is additional parking on-site for guests.
For this development proposal platting, rezoning and land use amendments must be approved. The applicant is requesting a rezoning from C-2, General Commercial District to a Planned Unit Development (PUD), and a NORMAN 2025 Land Use & Transportation Plan Amendment from Commercial Designation to Medium Density Residential Designation.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The 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 was originally designated as Commercial under the NORMAN 2020 and 2025 Land Use & Transportation Plan, however, the site never developed. The parcels immediately east of the site did develop into commercial uses. The site was originally zoned C-1, Local Commercial District. On July 22, 2008, City Council passed Ordinance No. O-0708-48 rezoning to C-2, General Commercial District with a Special Use for Mini-Storage, al...
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