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RESOLUTION NO. R-1213-75: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN, LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT NO. LUP-1213-6, SO AS TO PLACE LOT 2, BLOCK 2, WOODCREST ESTATES PLAZA ADDITION, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PORTER AVENUE AND WOODCREST DRIVE)
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BACKGROUND: The applicant is requesting a change in the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from High Density Residential to Commercial Designation. This tract of land has been zoned for multi-family use since the 1970s. The land use designation has been High Density Residential since that same time. However, this area has remained vacant. The surrounding areas have developed with single-family residential densities to the north, east and west. The applicant sees this area as an opportunity for additional commercial development as there has been a large amount of residential development in this area in recent years.
To the south of this proposal, at the northeast corner of Porter Avenue and Rock Creek Road, there is an area zoned C-2, General Commercial District. This area has been zoned as such since the mid-seventies and has remained partially undeveloped. Located on the developed area at that corner there is a gas station/convenience store. This gas station/convenience store is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The uses permitted in C-2, General Commercial District could consist of any use permitted in C-1, Local Commercial District any Special Use permitted in C-1, Local Commercial District (except mixed buildings), automobile sales, machinery sales and services, public garages, bakery, carpenter and cabinet shops, a laundry and several other uses. The C-2, General Commercial zoning district is a more intense, less restrictive zoning district than that of the req...
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