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RESOLUTION R-1516-55: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 9 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE INSTITUTIONAL DESIGNATION. (NORTH OF 1501 24TH AVENUE N.E.)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: Along with the land use plan amendment the applicant is processing a short form plat for approximately 1.44 acres to expand the existing parking lot for Wildwood Community Church. The parking lot expansion is north of the church's existing parking lot which is located north of the church; the expanded parking lot will add 155 parking spaces.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 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 area of Norman has long been established as the Hall Park Neighborhood. Initially, Hall Park was established as an incorporated town, but eventually was annexed by the City of Norman on October 1, 2003 by Ordinance No. O-0304-17. Comprehensive zoning was assigned to all Hall Park properties. This brought the newly annexed land under the City of Norman Chapter 22, Zoning Ordinance. Hall Park is a single family neighborhood surrounded by a mix of agricultural and residential land uses to the north, west and east and state owned land directly south of the neighborhood, across Robinson Street.
The NORMAN 2020 Plan had already been adopted when the annexation of Hall Park took place, and no land use designation was assigned. At the time the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan was adopted by City Council and became effective on December 16,...
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