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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1213-36 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 PLACE LOTS 17, 18 AND 19, BLOCK 26, NORMAN ORIGINAL TOWNSITE, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE C-3, INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (420 SOUTH PORTER AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The previous business on-site was a gas station/automobile service station. After the gas station went out of business the site was used as a flea market of sorts from time to time. The owner has now leased the facility to Chris Womack, dba Hot Wheels of Oklahoma Motors. At the time the owner leased the site to the current tenant he was unaware the current zoning of C-3, Intensive Commercial, did not allow for the use of automobile sales. The owner is trying to re-use the property to its best advantage. To allow the current tenant, Hot Wheels, to remain on-site the owner has requested to rezone the property to C-2, General Commercial District to allow the use of an automobile sales lot for this site.
ANALYSIS:
C-2, General Commercial District: This commercial district is intended for the conduct of personal and business services and the general retail business of the community. Persons living in the community and in the surrounding trade territory require direct and frequent access. Traffic generated by the uses will be primarily passenger vehicles and only those trucks and commercial vehicles required for stocking and delivery of retail goods.
ALTERNATIVES/ISSUES:
IMPACTS The primary issue for this site is one of compatibility. The original proposal of C-3, Intensive Commercial zoning occurred in 1954, when downtown was the principal commercial center of the community, and on-street parking was plentiful (given the volume of tra...
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