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RESOLUTION R-1819-32: 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 37 AND 38, BLOCK 5, HARDIE RUCKER ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. (1414 GEORGE AVENUE)
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant's proposal is to build a single story efficiency apartment with an attached one-car garage; the total square footage of the garage and apartment is 595 square feet. In conjunction with the land use amendment, the applicant is requesting to rezone from R-1, Single Family Dwelling District to SPUD, Simple Planned Unit Development to allow the garage apartment. The lot area requirement in the R-2, Two Family Dwelling District to allow a single family dwelling 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.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan identify two criteria that must be examined before a land use designation change is approved.
1. There has been a change in circumstances resulting from development of the properties in the general vicinity, which suggest that the proposed changes will not be contrary to the public interest. The surrounding area has significantly changed over the last decade. This neighborhood is surrounded by the University of Oklahoma which has been purchasing properties in this area over the last several decades.
The western edge of this neighborhood, on Lincoln Avenue, once was an eclectic mix of single family homes, garage apartments, and single family homes that were conv...
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