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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1819-14 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 REMOVE LOTS 37 AND 38, BLOCK 5, HARDIE RUCKER ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-1, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN THE SPUD, SIMPLE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1414 GEORGE AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is requesting to rezone from R-1, Single Family Dwelling District to SPUD, Simple Planned Unit Development to allow a single story efficiency garage apartment. The applicant's proposal is to build a detached one-car garage with an attached efficiency apartment; the total square footage of the garage and apartment is 595 square feet.
ANALYSIS: The lot area requirement in the R-2, Two Family Dwelling District, to allow a single family dwelling structure and a garage apartment is 7,000 square feet. The lot is approximately 6,937 square feet; in July 2018 the applicant requested a variance to the 7,000 square feet lot requirement, the Board of Adjustment approved the variance of 62.5 square feet to allow the garage apartment contingent on City Council approval of the land use amendment and rezoning requests.
This parcel is located on a collector street that has direct access from Lindsey Street two blocks to the north, and is on the eastern edge of the neighborhood directly across the street from state, commercial and multi-family zoned parcels. This type of development pattern (known as Mixed Use and New Urbanism Design Principles) is becoming the standard in good planning practice and principles; exterior neighborhood edges have higher density uses and zoning designations with commercial corners while interior streets have lower density zoning designations. This development pattern allows for various housing types, densities and uses to co-ex...
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