Triangle Fraternity v. City of Norman, Ex Rel. Norman Board of Adjustment

¶ 1 The dispositive issue presented is whether a fraternity’s proposed use of a property as a fraternity house constitutes the same use as the property’s former use as a retired women’s boarding house which would entitle the fraternity to an extension of the existing nonconforming use under the City of Norman’s zoning ordinances.1 We hold that because the fraternity’s use of the property is substantially the same as the property’s former use, the fraternity is entitled to an extension of the existing nonconforming use.

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¶ 2 This cause concerns a dispute over the zoning and use of a house…