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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1718-41 UPON SECOND AND FINAL READING: AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, CLOSING PORTIONS OF UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS LOCATED IN SECTION THIRTY-FOUR (34), TOWNSHIP NINE (9) NORTH, RANGE THREE (3) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF.
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BACKGROUND: The applicant has requested closure of the designated utility and drainage easements within the above stated development. Grace Addition, a Replat of Willowcrest Addition and a Replat of part of Lot 2, Arbor Plaza Addition was filed of record October 27, 2010. Planning Commission, at its meeting of March 8, 2018, recommended to City Council that the partial closure of utility and drainage easements be approved.
DISCUSSION: This applicant intends to replat the properties and continue to develop the property as a medical facility. The above utility and drainage easements are in conflict with the proposal.
All franchised utilities were notified to assess the impact on their facilities with the closure of easements; there were no objections. The owners propose expanding their facility to the north. At this time, existing utilities are in the way of that proposal. With the replatting of the property, the owners will be responsible for relocating a water line, shorting the length of a sanitary sewer main and relocating a drainage structure. Since the owners will submit a new final plat in the near future, Staff supports the proposal to close the easements and relocate the public improvements. Based on the fact the owners recognize the need to pick up off-plat stormwater from the west, a new construction and relocation of the drainage system will be utilized. It should be understood a portion of the new drainage system will be located under a breezeway of the proposed structure with a new platted drainage easement. Due to the expansion of the buildings, the structures m...
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