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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-2021-12 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 EAST 53 1/3 ACRES OF THE WEST 106 2/3 ACRES OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE/4) OF SECTION SIXTEEN (16), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE RE, RESIDENTIAL ESTATES DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE A-1, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (2001 EAST ROCK CREEK ROAD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, Earnest Bell, is requesting to rezone his property from RE, Residential Estates District, to A-1, General Agricultural District, to allow for use of an existing storage building/garage for medical marijuana commercial growing.
ANALYSIS: Per the applicant, the subject tract was purchased in 2019 with the intention of starting a medical marijuana grow facility, the applicant mistakenly believing that the RE, Residential Estates District (RE District) allowed commercial marijuana growing as a "General Purpose Farm and Garden." This provision has not been applied to commercial agricultural operations in the past. Additionally, Norman made "Medical Marijuana Commercial Grower" a defined use in the Zoning Ordinance, which means that it is only available when specifically stated in the Zoning Ordinance. Medical Marijuana Commercial Grower is not an allowed or Special Use in the RE, Residential Estates District.
HISTORY: The subject property was zoned RE, Residential Estates District, with Ordinance 1459 in March of 1963. The zoning to the RE District included 4 tracts of land: this 5-acre subject tract, two more 5-acre tracts to the east and one 38-acre tract to the north of the subject tract.
The subject tract was not developed with the single-family home until 1995 and the existing storage building/garage was bui...
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