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RESOLUTION R-1415-48: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE (33), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (SMALL SECTION AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF TRIAD VILLAGE DRIVE AND 500 FEET SOUTH OF ALAMEDA STREET)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: A NORMAN 2025 Land Use & Transportation Plan amendment is requested from High Density Residential to Commercial Designation; most of the parcel is currently designated Commercial except a very small portion located in the southeast corner of the parcel is High Density Residential. The applicant's proposal doesn't contain a residential component so the entire parcel will require the Commercial Land Use Designation.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use change is approved.
1. There has been a change in circumstances resulting from development of the properties in the general vicinity which suggest that the proposed change will not be contrary to the public interest.
This parcel is one of the last undeveloped parcels remaining on Triad Village Drive; the area surrounding this parcel is completely built out. The only other parcel that is undeveloped was rezoned to a PUD in 2014 for senior independent living. The surrounding uses are multi-family dwellings, an existing senior care facility, a mini-storage facility, retail shops, grocery stores, restaurants, banks, and offices.
Middle Earth Day Care has been raising funds for a new building for many years, and now they have the financial ability to make a new facility a reality. The proposed location of the new facility is immediately southeast ...
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