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RESOLUTION R-1718-76: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE THE EAST HALF OF LOTS SEVEN (7) THROUGH SIXTEEN (16), IN BLOCK NINETY (90), NORMAN ORIGINAL TOWN AND THE WEST FIFTY (50) FEET OF PARK AVENUE ADJACENT TO LOTS SEVEN THROUGH SIXTEEN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION, AND RETAINING THE FLOODPLAIN AND FLOODWAY DESIGNATIONS. (410, 414 AND 416 NORTH PARK AVENUE)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant is requesting to rezone from R-1, Single Family Dwelling District, to SPUD, Simple Planned Unit Development, and requesting a NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan amendment from Low Density Residential Designation to Medium Density Residential Designation. The applicant's proposal is to preliminary plat three existing parcels and combine the parcels into one lot and one block to develop three duplexes on 0.7 acres, which is a lot area of 30,492 square feet. The duplexes are proposed to be accessible and are designed for multi-generational housing and/or aging in place housing due to the proximity to the central business district with goods and services and public amenities within a walkable distance.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use change is approved.
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 been well established for the last 100 years. The neighborhoods are established and there are a variety of housing types and styles as well as businesses within two blocks north and south of this property.
Over the decades many of the original homes have been redeveloped. On Tonhawa Street,...
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