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CONSIDERATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THE CITY OF NORMAN NORTH BASE COMPLEX. (GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN FLOOD AVENUE AND GODDARD AVENUE)
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BACKGROUND: This item is a preliminary plat for City of Norman North Base Complex, generally located between Flood Avenue and Goddard Avenue. The property consists of 25.87 acres and the northern portion of the property (Lot 2) has been developed with buildings housing Public Works Streets, Traffic, and Fleet Maintenance Divisions, and Sanitation and Line Maintenance Divisions. In addition, the CNG fueling system is located on the very northern portion of the property. The Fire Department Training Center and proposed Apparatus Storage Facility is located on the western portion of Lot 1. The proposed buildings within Lot 1 will be Parks and Recreation Maintenance Facility, Transit Maintenance Facility and Emergency Vehicle Maintenance Facility. Staff recommends approval of the preliminary plat for City of Norman North Base Complex.
Planning Commission, at its meeting of December 12, 2019, recommended to City Council the amending of the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Industrial Designation to Institutional Designation. Also, Planning Commission recommended that this property be placed in the I-1, Light Industrial District with Special Use for Municipal Use and removed from A-2, Rural Agricultural District. In addition, Planning Commission, at its meeting of December 12, 2019, recommended to City Council that the preliminary plat for City of Norman North Base Complex be approved on a vote of 8-0.
DISCUSSION: The proposed 41,005 square-foot Government Office Complex in this addition is expected to generate approximately 1,144 trips per day, 90 AM peak hour trips, and 117 PM peak hour trips. Being right around the threshold for when a traffic impact study is required (>100 peak hour trips is the threshold), the developer submitted a trip generation table for the development via elect...
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