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RESOLUTION R-1415-31: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE ALL OF BLOCK 1, CONTAINING LOTS 1-26, OF THE REPLAT OF THE REPLAT OF BLOCK 1 OF MILLER ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (PAGE CIRCLE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicants, Elsey Partners, are proposing to develop a student based/multi-family development in the area east of the University of Oklahoma. This area is located on Page Circle; currently there are 26 single-family homes on this street, consisting of approximately 4.2 acres. All of the homes are leased/maintained by property management companies; there are no owner-occupied homes along Page Circle.
The subject 4.2 acre property was designated on the Norman COMPLAN, adopted March of 1981, as Medium Density Residential in Development Tier One - Stable Urban Area. At the time of the COMPLAN adoption there was no Flood Plain designated on this property and the High Density Residential Designation did not exist. The subsequent adoption of the NORMAN 2020 Plan designated this area as Low Density Residential with a small portion of Flood Plain on the southeast corner. The NORMAN 2025 Plan also designated the area as Low Density Residential and kept the small portion of Flood Plain on the southeast corner. The area is considered to be in the Current Urban Service Area (CUSA). The areas to the north and south of this property were designated as High Density Residential on both the NORMAN 2020 and the NORMAN 2025 Plan.
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 t...
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