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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-38 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 SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE (25), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE A-1, GENERAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (4903 EAST ALAMEDA STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: This property contains approximately thirty-six acres of land located just east of the northeast corner of Alameda Street and 48th Avenue N.E. The current property has one single-family home located at the southwest corner of the property, Lot 1 on the proposal. This large tract became too much for the owner to manage. As a result, she has relocated and asked the family to sell the property. The family came to the City asking how they could best divide the property to sell. As proposed, the property will be divided into three ten to thirteen acre tracts via a Norman Rural Certificate of Survey.
ANALYSIS: Under the current zoning, A-2, Rural Agricultural, the applicant could divide the existing tract into three ten to thirteen acre tracts with a Norman Rural Certificate of Survey. Under the A-2 zoning district a tract must abut a single public street or road officially opened by action of the City Council a distance of not less than 250 feet and have 330 feet width measured at the building line. In this case, it is not possible to divide the existing tract into three ten acre lots and still have the required 250 foot frontage and the 330 foot width at the building setback line. To have access to the third tract, under the A-2 zoning district they would have to install a private road to serve Tract 3. The applicant is looking for the best way to divide/split the p...
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