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RESOLUTION R-1920-17: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AMENDING THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO REMOVE PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF 12TH AVENUE S.E. APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF CEDAR LANE ROAD FROM FUTURE URBAN SERVICE AREA TO CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA.
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST: The applicant is proposing a Preliminary Plat for Eagle Cliff South Addition, Section 7 that contains 7.89 acres to develop 36 single-family lots. The companion application is for a rezoning from A-1, General Agricultural District to R-1, Single Family Dwelling District. The current NORMAN 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan designation is Future Urban Service Area for Low Density Residential and the applicant is requesting a change to Current Urban Service Area Low Density Residential.
STAFF ANALYSIS: The NORMAN 2025 Plan identifies two criteria that must be examined before a land use 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 change will not be contrary to the public interest.
This neighborhood has been developing since the early 1980's with the first Eagle Cliff Additions developing along Cedar Lane. Since that time, Eagle Cliff Neighborhood has continued to develop single-family homes with each addition extending to the south. The last approved plat, land use amendment and rezoning for Eagle Cliff Addition was approved by City Council in 2004.
On the east side of 12th Avenue S.E., across the street from this site, several development proposals have been approved by City Council for single-family developments as well as a rezoning for a senior living center. The southeast corner of Cedar Lane and 12th Avenue S.E. was approved for commercial land use and rezoned to C-1, Local Commercial District in 2006.
North of Cedar Lane on 12th Avenue S.E. there have been two multi-family/student housing resi...
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