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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1819-36 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 SPECIAL USE FOR A MIXED BUILDING IN THE C-2, GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND 6, BLOCK 23, OF CLASSEN-MILLER ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1226 CLASSEN BOULEVARD)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is requesting to expand the existing Special Use for a Mixed Building to allow for one two bedroom apartment unit above a retail space. The site is zoned C-2, General Commercial with Special Use; there is an existing convenience store with a mixed building attached to the southwest portion of the convenience store. The applicant would like to maximize use of the entire parcel, and is requesting the entire property be granted Special Use for a Mixed Building for an additional retail space with one two bedroom apartment on the second floor on the northeast side of the parcel.
This is the applicant's second request for Special Use on this parcel; City Council approved this exact same proposal for Special Use on November 26, 2013. However, the applicant did not construct the addition of the retail space and apartment within the two year requirement for Special Use. All Special Use ordinances must be enacted within two years of the approved Special Use zoning, otherwise the Special Use expires. Therefore, the applicant is making the exact same request again for the entire parcel.
ANALYSIS: The applicant is proposing a mixed building that will have retail space on the first floor and a two bedroom apartment on the second floor. The new addition will be on the northeast side of the existing convenience store and will be 972 square feet as will the apartment on the second floor. The second floor residential unit will have access through a staircase located outside the bu...
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