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Hold a public hearing to consider a request for a Use Permitted on Review to allow a dormitory-style shelter for homeless youth within a Public Facility (P-F) district for property located at 714 SW 45th Street, Lawton, OK 73505 and take appropriate action as deemed necessary.
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INITIATOR: Christine James, Interim Planning Director
STAFF INFORMATION SOURCE: Kameron Good, Senior Planner
BACKGROUND: An application has been submitted for a Use Permitted on Review for the property located at 714 SW 45th Street Lawton, OK 73505 (Lot 7, Block 2, Country Club Heights Addition). The property is owned by Quest Ministries of Oklahoma INC and is currently a gymnasium occupied by MIGHT Community Development and Resource Center (CDRC). MIGHT CDRC is a Non-Profit organization looking to remodel the existing gymnasium to include a dormitory-style shelter for homeless, school-age children.
The Zoning of the surrounding area is:
North - P-F
South - R-1
East - R-4
West - R-1
The 2030 Land Use Plan for the surrounding area is:
North - Parks/Open Space
South - Residential/Low Density
East - Residential/Low Density
West - Residential/Low Density
On January 9, 2024, the City Council waived the fee of $1,082.15 for the Use Permitted on Review application and notice fees for the non-profit MIGHT Community Development and Resource Center.
The Notice of public hearing was mailed to 51 owners of property within 300 feet of the requested area on February 6, 2023, and proper notice was published in The Lawton Constitution on February 9, 2024. The Planning Division has received one (1) phone call in favor for the UPOR. A petition against the request was given to the City Clerk's office. Attached as an exhibit is a map depicting the signatures on the petition. Two signatures are not shown because they live too far away. The petition had 6 property owners within the 300 feet.
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