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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1819-1 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 HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGNATION ON A PORTION OF COLLEGE AVENUE, BEING A PART OF LINCOLN ADDITION, WEST UNIVERSITY ADDITION AND HOWE'S ADDITION, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (GENERALLY LOCATED ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF COLLEGE AVENUE BETWEEN SYMMES STREET ON THE NORTH AND BOYD STREET ON THE SOUTH)
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BACKGROUND: Recently, residents in the 400 block of College Avenue living adjacent to the current Chautauqua Historic District have become concerned about the preservation of their historic neighborhood and are now interested in becoming part of the Chautauqua Historic District.
Beginning in the Spring of this year, neighborhood leaders began seeking the support for historic district designation of property owners in the proposed request area. In June, the neighborhood leaders had obtained the required signatures needed to make a request for historic district designation as laid out in Section 429.3.6 of the Zoning Ordinance. The Zoning Ordinance requires the following:
* an architectural/historic survey of the proposed district done by a qualified professional,
* the gathering of signatures of the property owners owning at least 51% of the land area within the proposed district requesting the historic district designation,
* submission of a zoning application in the same manner prescribed for the designation of other zoning districts.
The Historic District Ordinance calls for expansions of Historic Districts to meet additional criteria:
* the parcels are contiguous with an existing district.
* the parcels include at least one whole block, both sides of the street.
The Ordinance further states that "After these criteria are met, the procedure for expanding a district is the same as the d...
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