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SUBMISSION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORMAN 2025 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PLAN
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BACKGROUND: Since the 1997 adoption of the Norman 2020 Land Use and Transportation Plan (NORMAN 2020), and its successor, the Norman 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan (NORMAN 2025), adopted in 2004, the Planning and Community Development Department staff has produced an annual report on the status of development in the City of Norman. This year's report summarizes development activity for calendar year 2019. Staff provides this annual report to Planning Commission and City Council members to allow comparison of the pace of growth anticipated by the land use plan and its companion document Norman 2025 Land Demand Analysis (Land Demand) to the actual rate of development that has occurred in the community.
This report consists of five sections. Each section describes different aspects of development and planning that occurred in the City of Norman during 2019. Sections begin with a narrative that is followed, where applicable, by maps and tables that include statistical summaries of the amount, type, and location of development and construction in Norman for calendar year 2019. Several tables include information dating back five years. These tables put the current year's development into a temporal context and illustrate trends and changes that have occurred in recent years.
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CONSTRUCTION
The value of construction permitted during this year was $249.6 million. The overall value of construction is up $26.9 million from 2018. Both commercial and residential construction saw gains, with commercial construction increasing by $24 million and residential construction increasing $3 million. As in 2018, publicly funded construction accounted for less of the total than might be expected with many of the planned Norman Forward projects still on hold. The majority of the key nonresidential projects were privately funded.
The total value of resident...
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