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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-51 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, CLOSING THE SOUTH TEN (10) FEET OF THE EIGHTY (80) FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS BROCE DRIVE ADJACENT TO LOTS 2 AND 3, BLOCK 2, BROCE INDUSTRIAL PARK, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (3106 BROCE DRIVE)
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BACKGROUND: The final plat of Broce Industrial Park was filed of record on August 14, 1974, with eighty-foot (80') rights-of-way (streets). Community Christian School is interested in closing and vacating the south ten-feet (10') of the Broce Drive right-of-way. Upon researching this area, the only utilities are a City owned water main that is located on the north side of Broce Drive.
Apparently the developer at the time of platting submitted the plats with eighty-foot (80') rights-of-way. City requirements at that time and currently would be sixty-foot (60') rights-of-way.
City Council, at its meeting of July 27, 2013, approved Contract No. K-1314-36 to lease street right-of-way for placement of fencing, parking and sports fields along Broce Drive to serve the Community Christian School. The school would rather close and vacate that portion of the right-of-way so that they will not need to keep up with paying the license fee.
DISCUSSION: All franchised utilities were notified to assess the impact on their facilities if a portion of the right-of-way was closed. After the staff report was prepared, ONG contacted the City with a need for easements covering their facilities. The utility companies and City staff are not opposed to the partial closure of the right-of-way (street).
It should be noted in the absence of the ten-foot (10') right-of-way, a ten-foot (10') utility and drainage easement needs to be provided for City owned storm sewer and sanitary sewer mains that run north-south crossing Broce Drive. This easement would also serve any utility...
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