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RESOLUTION NO. R-1314-110: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO PLACE PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SIX (6), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE VERY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND REMOVE THE SAME FROM THE COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (5451 BROADWAY)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicants, Billy and Diana Loch, are requesting to divide their ten acre parcel into two lots; the front lot will be approximately 3.45 acres and the rear lot approximately 6.41 acres. This proposal requires the applicant to plat and rezone the parcel. The rezoning will allow the applicant to split the parcel into two smaller parcels that will be less than ten acres. Due to the proposed size and use of the parcels the Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan must be amended from Country Residential, which requires a ten acre minimum, to Very Low Density Residential designation.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The 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 proposal will not be contrary to the public interest due to the following:
Within the general vicinity there are Residential Estate Dwelling Districts that allow two acre lots. There are various sizes of acreages that have single family dwellings interspersed in this area. This proposal fits with the surrounding area.
The Land Use Designation west of this parcel, across Broadway Avenue, is Very Low Density Residential. The area once consisting of large agricultural acreages has now become largely residential in nature.
2 There is a determination that the p...
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