Title
RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-133: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 36TH AVENUE S.E. AND STATE HIGHWAY NO. 9)
Body
SUMMARY OF REQUEST: MSDC Properties, L.L.C., the applicant, is proposing six two-acre commercial lots to provide services for the residential component of the Bellatona Addition. The commercial lots are located on the north side of State Highway 9 east of 36th Avenue S.E. There will be access to the individual commercial lots from the south side of the interior local street, abutting the north side of this proposal. Currently, the parcel is designated Low Density Residential on the Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan; the applicant is requesting Commercial designation for this area to develop the 12 acre commercial component of the development.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use designation change is approved.
1. There has been a change in circumstances resulting from development of properties in the general vicinity that suggest that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest. There has been significant change in land use circumstances in the general vicinity. There is Summit Valley a residential development already platted to the west, as well as additional residential sites planned immediately north of this site, Bellatona Addition. The Bellatona Addition preliminary plat has 692 single family lots and Summit Valley Addition has 147 platted lots and 237 preliminary platted lots; a total of 1076 single family lots. Commercial development typically occurs in conjunctio...
Click here for full text