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SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1213-15: 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 PLACE PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE I-1, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE A-2, RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (3180 SOUTH CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant, Switzer’s Locker Room, L.L.C., has requested to rezone the property located at 3180 S. Classen Boulevard from A-2, Rural Agricultural District, to I-1, Light Industrial District. This rezoning request will include approximately 1.76 acres and will enlarge his storage facilities located on the lot south of this tract to include four more storage buildings. The expanded storage facility will have a total of 19 buildings and one office. The subject parcel has remained zoned A-2, Rural Agricultural District and has never been platted.
In the staff report submitted to the Planning Commission for their November 8, 2012 meeting, there is discussion regarding a Norman 2025 Land Use Plan amendment for Special Planning Areas 9A, B and C. This property was included in the area designated as Special Planning Area 9B. However, it was discovered after the Planning Commission agenda was printed, that in fact the only Special Planning Area adopted by City Council at the March 28, 2006 meeting was Special Planning Area 9A. Special Planning Areas 9B and C were postponed indefinitely by City Council at the same meeting. This property, therefore, remains industrial on the Norman 2025 Plan, and the background section of the staff report to the Planning Commission regarding Special Planning Areas 9A, B and C should be disregarded as it does not apply to this rezoning application. The staff withdrew the Norman 2025 Pl...
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