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Norman council continues review of AIM plan; staff proposes reducing urban‑reserve minimum from 30 to 10 acres
Summary
Planning staff proposed removing the AIM Norman plan’s 30‑acre urban‑reserve minimum and adding 'cluster development' language to allow 2‑acre lots via planned unit developments, while identifying map corrections and a turnpike alignment update; staff will draft final language and agendize the item for future action.
Bora Hoggett, with the City of Norman planning department, told the City Council on Jan. 27 that staff recommends amending the AIM Norman comprehensive plan to replace the urban‑reserve minimum of 30 acres with a 10‑acre minimum and to add 'cluster development' language to the agricultural‑residential category. "We would propose adding the term cluster development in a couple of places in AR," Hoggett said, and described a PUD option that would allow 2‑acre lots on part of a tract while leaving roughly 65% as open space.
Councilor Dixon said he worried lowering the minimum from 30 to 10 acres could allow more division of rural land. "I thought there was a lot of…
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