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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1617-33 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 PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY (30), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA FROM THE I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE C-3, INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WEST ACRES STREET AND JAMES GARNER AVENUE FOR A NEW NORMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL FACILITY)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, City of Norman, is requesting to rezone 7.39 acres from I-1, Light Industrial District, and R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, to C-3, Intensive Commercial District.
ANALYSIS: The 7.39 acres have been zoned I-1, Light Industrial District, and R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, since the Zoning Ordinance was adopted in July 1954.
The site will be used for the construction of a new 79,340 square foot Central Branch Library as part of the NORMAN FORWARD Quality of Life Program. This request is being made in part because the I-1, Light Industrial District, and R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, maintain parking space and structure height requirements that cannot be reasonably met within the scope of the project. Rezoning to C-3, Intensive Commercial District, removes those site restrictions. Additionally, given the proximity of the new Central Library to Downtown C-3 Zoning is appropriate for the area.
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IMPACTS: This request will not create any negative impacts to the surrounding area. The surrounding area abutting this parcel is commercial and industrial businesses, low density residential and multi-family residential. The traffic study done as part of the James Garner Avenue intersection...
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