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Hold a public hearing and consider approving an Ordinance to annex approximately 160 acres of land into the corporate limits of the City of Lawton, located at the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Thirty (30), Township One (1) North, Range Eleven (11) West, I.M. classifying the land as Temporary I-4 Heavy Industrial District zoning classification, providing for severability and declaring an emergency.
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INITIATOR: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Charlotte Brown, Community Services Director
Larry Wolcott, Public Works Director
BACKGROUND: On January 23, 2024, Council gave written permission for staff to start the annexation process as set forth in 11 O.S. Section 21-103(B). The City of Lawton already owns this property, and the property will be utilized by the City Landfill for a landfill gas project that the Public Works Department is currently working on. The property is located at the northwest corner of SW Tinney Road and S Railroad.
Staff is recommending that the property have a Temporary I-4 Heavy Industrial District zoning classification placed on the property. The current landfill is zoned I-4 Heavy Industrial District and Temp A-1 General Agricultural District. Staff will process an administrative rezoning to place a permanent zoning classification on the property as well as a Land Use Classification within the next year.
The public hearing was posted in the Lawton Constitution on February 1, 2024. Notice of public hearing was also mailed out to 4 property owners via certified mail on January 30, 2024, said property owners being all adjacent property owners of property abutting the public right-of-way that forms the boundary of the territory proposed to be annexed Notice was also sent to the Oklahoma Sales Tax Commission on February 6, 2024.
EXHIBIT: Ordinance No. 24-_____
Location Map
Newspaper Notice
Mailings Notice
Resolution 24-007
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STAFF RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: Approve Ordinance No. 24-____, waive the reading of the ordinance and read the title only.