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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-37 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 TWENTY-ONE (21) THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR (24), IN BLOCK TWO (2) OF JOHNSON'S ADDITION, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE R-2, TWO-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT, AND PLACE THE SAME IN THE RM-2, LOW DENSITY APARTMENT DISTRICT WITH SPECIAL USE FOR AN OFF-STREET PARKING LOT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (748 COLLEGE AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is requesting to rezone from R-2, Two-Family Dwelling District to RM-2, Low Density Apartment District with Special Use for an off-street parking lot to be used as open space for vehicular parking, provided that such parking lot is adjacent to the land on which the principal use is located or separated therefrom only by a street or alley if the principal use is in the CO, C-1, C-2, C-3, I-1, I-2, R-1, R-2 or R-3 Districts.
ANALYSIS: The Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority House is zoned R-2, Two Family Dwelling District and directly abuts this parcel. Therefore, this request meets the requirement of the Special Use criteria for the parking lot.
This area has long been established as fraternity and sorority row; it's one block west of the University of Oklahoma. There have been six zoning amendments approved within one block of this location for fraternity and sorority uses and parking lots over the last 30 years. These amendments are requested when a sorority or fraternity requests to expand or make an addition to the existing structure or add a parking lot. Similar conversions to Special Use parking lots have occurred in this area related to sorority or fraternity use.
This neighborhood has evolved around the University of Oklahoma with sororities and fraternities that have been established on the west side of campus for over 80 years. Need for more off-street parking has inc...
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