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CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE O-2021-30 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 FRATERNITY OR SORORITY HOUSE IN THE R-3, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT FOR PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SIX (6), TOWNSHIP EIGHT (8) NORTH, RANGE TWO (2) WEST OF THE INDIAN MERIDIAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; AND PROVIDING FOR THE SEVERABILITY THEREOF. (1115 COLLEGE AVENUE)
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SYNOPSIS: The applicant, Alpha Chi Omega Housing Corporation, Psi Chapter, is requesting Special Use for a sorority house at 1115 College Avenue. Currently, the site is occupied by the existing Alpha Chi Omega House; the plan for this site is to demolish the existing house/site and rebuild with a new Alpha Chi Omega House.
HISTORY: The site was zoned R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District, with the adoption of the Zoning Ordinance in 1964. Many of these older sites in the "Greek Row" area are considered "legal non-conforming" due to the configuration of the lots prior to 1973 and due to the Zoning Ordinance amendments in the R-3, Multifamily Dwelling District.
On June 27, 1996 City Council held a Study Session regarding concern for rooming and boarding houses in residential neighborhoods. An ordinance was drafted that requires all rooming and boarding houses, including fraternities and sororities, to obtain Special Use allowed only in multi-family dwelling districts. Since the adoption of Ordinance O-9697-6, all quasi-unit quarters, which include sororities and fraternities, must acquire Special Use. This type of Special Use can be obtained in the RM-2, Low Density Apartment Dwelling, the R-3, Multi-Family Dwelling District and in the RM-6, Medium Density Apartment District. This site does not carry the Special Use designation; therefore, the applicant is required to bring the zoning up to date before redeveloping the site.
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