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RESOLUTION R-1718-108: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO AS TO REMOVE LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 2, FUZZELL'S ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE OFFICE DESIGNATION. (1114, 1116 AND 1120 GARVER STREET)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant, Dr. Zach Moffitt, D.D.S., submitted a request to amend the NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan from Low Density Residential Designation to Office Designation and rezone from R-2 with Permissive Use for a doctor's office and R-1, Single Family Dwelling District to SPUD, Simple Planned Unit Development. The existing business is properly zoned and carries the correct land use designation; however, this request includes two residential lots to the east of the existing business, thus requiring amendment of the land use plan and rezoning. The applicant is working with Habitat for Humanity to relocate the two existing houses off-site to construct a larger building for his dental practice. Once the new office is built, the existing office will also be relocated by Habitat. A companion rezoning request for a SPUD, O-1718-49, has been submitted along with a specific site plan for future redevelopment of the property.
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 general vicinity has seen on-site redevelopment of parcels in recent years and several of the uses in the existing commercial buildings have changed as well. To the north, across Garver Street, the large grocery store closed and Habitat for Humanity relocated there in 2015, occupying approximately one-half of the build...
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