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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1718-33 UPON SECOND 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 GRANT SPECIAL USE FOR A SCHOOL OFFERING GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES IN THE R-1, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR LOT ONE (1) OF NORMAN FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1801 NORTH PORTER AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is requesting Special Use for a School offering general educational classes. The church is zoned R-1, Single Family Dwelling District and has Special Use (O-1516-29) for a Church, Temple or Other Place of Worship adopted by City Council on January 26, 2016.
BACKGROUND: On August 7, 1961 City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1299 that annexed these parcels "...extending the corporate limits of the City of Norman". There was not a zoning designation made with this ordinance. In the event no zoning classification is made of any annexed territory then the area shall be and is classified as R-1, Single Family Dwelling District.
City Council removed church use from R-1 by right and required it as use permissible on review category with the adoption of O-7778-22 on November 1, 1977.
A preliminary plat was submitted for the First Church of the Nazarene to Planning Commission on February 8, 1996. The location map provided by staff with the staff report showed the church property as A-2, Rural Agricultural District with Ordinance No. 1299.
A final plat was submitted to Planning Commission on October 10, 1996.
City Council approved the final plat for Norman First Church of the Nazarene Addition on November 26, 1996. The Final Plat was filed of record with the Cleveland County Clerk on September 16, 1997.
In 1997 Norman Community Church of the Nazarene received a building permit for a new church building. At that time the application was ...
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