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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-1920-38 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 PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION THREE, TOWNSHIP EIGHT NORTH, RANGE TWO WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, TO NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FROM THE RM-2, LOW DENSITY APARTMENT DISTRICT, AND FROM THE RM-6, MEDIUM DENSITY APARTMENT DISTRICT, AND PLACE SAME IN THE PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (SOUTH SIDE OF EAST LINDSEY STREET APPROXIMATELY ONE-FOURTH MILE EAST OF 24TH AVENUE S.E.)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant is proposing a single-family residential development, Turtle Crossing, consisting of 43 lots on 10.514 acres. Currently, the applicant has also applied for a preliminary plat. This development proposal call for a "downzoning" from multi-family use (RM-2, Low Density Apartment District, and RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District), to a PUD (Planned Unit Development) which requires single-family use. The applicant is requesting a PUD that is similar to the R-1, Single Family Dwelling District, but would allow smaller front and rear building setbacks, more lot coverage for structures only and smaller lot widths.
ANALYSIS: Growth in east Norman has occurred at an increasing rate within the last decade and more specifically in this general area. This is the third single-family development proposed in the last 3 years. Commercial growth has increased on US Highway 77/Classen Boulevard and 12th Avenue SE. A new elementary school was built within the last decade on 24th Ave SE, located between two neighborhoods to the west of this proposal. This development could provide housing opportunities for residents that choose to live near schools and commercial establishments located near this area of growth.
The particulars of this PUD include:
1. USE Any use allowed in th...
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