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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-1314-34 UPON SECTION 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 LOTS SEVEN (7), EIGHT (8), AND NINE (9), IN BLOCK SIXTEEN (16), OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN OF NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE CO, SUBURBAN OFFICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, OF SAID CITY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (213 EAST TONHAWA STREET)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is proposing a three-story townhouse consisting of three separate dwelling units for this site. The site is currently zoned CO, Suburban Office Commercial District; therefore, a rezoning to R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District is being requested.
ANALYSIS: Previously, this lot was zoned R-3 and had a single-family home on-site. In September of 1973 this lot was rezoned from R-3 to CO to allow the installation of a parking lot. The parking lot was never established on this site and the site has remained vacant. The applicant is proposing a single three-story building that will contain three separate dwelling units. The size of the lot is 140'x75', a total of 10,500 square feet; this exceeds the square footage requirements for this type of residential proposal. There is a parking lot in the rear of the lot, off the alley, that will contain eleven parking spaces, with the possibility of four more if needed. The parking is in the rear of the lot as required by Section 431.7 of the Zoning Code for properties in the Core Area. The zoning directly west and east of this site is R-3. The lot to the west is a single-family dwelling unit and the lot to the east is a single-family home that has been converted into a duplex, both houses are currently renter occupied. With the many changes of commercial, office and residential along Tonhawa in recent years, the request for R-3 rezoning is ap...
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