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RESOLUTION R-1920-38: AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOTS TWELVE (12), THIRTEEN (13), AND THE WEST TEN (10) FEET OF LOT FOURTEEN (14), IN BLOCK TWENTY (20) OF ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION. (325 EAST TONHAWA STREET)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Van's Pig Stand/Jerry's, L.L.C. owns the subject tract; the tract is currently zoned R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District and the current land use designation is Low Density Residential Designation. A land use plan amendment and companion rezoning is required for the applicant to redevelop the lot. The lot is currently occupied by a single-family structure; the structure is slowly deteriorating.
The applicant is seeking to increase the amount of employee and customer parking for the restaurant; they plan to remove the house to install additional parking. The existing parking area on the adjacent lot, to the east, is planned to be reconfigured and the design will allow cross-access between the two lots, accommodating approximately twenty-two spaces.
The Porter Steering Committee worked with the City's consultant and staff to develop the Porter Avenue Corridor Study, and ultimately adopting the Porter Corridor Zoning Overlay District in August of 2010. One of the elements that the Plan addresses is commercial expansion along Porter Avenue. In this case, three residences will remain in the north side of Tonhawa Street with office use at the opposite corner of Tonhawa and Crawford Avenue. In addition, a permanent buffer wall will be constructed to establish the boundary between the commercial and residential land use. The proposed commercial expansion is supported by the Porter Avenue Corridor Study and the Zoning Overlay District.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use change is approved...
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