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REZONING - 5901 NE WALDO ROAD (B)
Ordinance No. 0-08-19, Petition No. 32ZON-08PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the Alachua County zoning category of "Industrial services and manufacturing (MP) district" to the City of Gainesville zoning category of "I-1: Limited industrial district"; located in the vicinity of 5901 Northeast Waldo Road and consisting of approximately 51.5 acres; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
STAFF MEMORANDUM
This petition requests a rezoning for the subject property from Alachua County Manufacturing and Services Industrial (MP) to City of Gainesville Limited industrial (I-1). The subject property was annexed by the City on November 26, 2007 and must be brought into conformance with the City's Generalized Zoning Map and the Comprehensive Plan.
The subject property is a 51.50-acre parcel on Waldo Road north of the Gainesville Industrial Park. The majority of the property consists of planted pines, and wetlands are mapped as approximately one-half of the property. There is an existing 100,000 square foot warehouse that was built in 1974. The requested zoning designation is consistent with surrounding land uses, which include County Heavy Industrial to the north, west, and east, and City Industrial to the south. It is also consistent with the City Industrial land use requested in related Petition 33LUC-08PB.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on March 5, 2008. The Plan Board held a public hearing on March 20, 2008.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
The petition and ordinance are simultaneously submitted to the City Commission for approval and adoption because the city staff and the plan board both recommend approval. Thi...
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