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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1213-51 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 LOT TWO (2), BLOCK ONE (1), NORTHRIDGE INDUSTRIAL PARK SECTION 4, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE O-1, OFFICE INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL USE FOR A HIGH IMPACT INSTITUTIONAL USE, AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (3530 MACDONNELL DRIVE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant recently purchased this parcel with the goal of changing the zoning on an existing platted lot from I-1, Light Industrial District to O-1, Office Institutional District with Special Use for a High Impact Institutional Use. The applicant is required to rezone this property because I-1, Light Industrial District will not allow the use of sleeping facilities on-site. This specific zoning, O-1, Office Institutional District with Special Use for a High Impact Institutional Use will allow a treatment/counseling facility for adolescents with sleeping facilities included on-site. The applicant is proposing this rezoning to allow the use of a Level E Group Home which will serve disadvantaged and troubled youth who are in the custody of the Department of Human Services (DHS). These youth will be adjudicated as neglected, deprived or in need of treatment to qualify for residence at the facility. The facility is designated "staff secure", meaning it is not a lock-down facility. The clients will live on-site for a period of 7-9 months depending on the progress they make in the program. Each resident will receive individual and group therapy on a weekly basis from a licensed counselor. They will attend school 12 months of the year in the on-site school which is operated in partnership with the Norman Public Schools. Recreational therapy is also available. The facility will...
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