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City of Gainesville Proposed Update to Airport Hazard Zoning Regulations (B)
This item is to provide an update to the City Commission on the status of the proposed schedule to modify the Airport Hazard Zoning Regulations within the City's Land Development Code.
Explanation
On November 20, 2008, Plan staff and the City's Airport Noise consultant, Ted Baldwin, made a presentation to the City Commission regarding appropriate noise levels in the vicinity of the Gainesville Regional Airport in two contexts: 1) broadly in relationship to public health and safety; and, 2) more narrowly, with respect to noise analysis conducted by the Gainesville Alachua County Regional Airport Authority (GACRAA) relative to the recently completed Phase I of 14 CFR Part 150 Study and generation of revised Noise Exposure Maps (NEM's).
At the November 20th City Commission meeting, a proposed schedule for modifications of the City's Airport Hazard Zoning regulations in the City of Gainesville Land Development Code relative to the Airport Noise Zone and regulatory standards was shared with the Commission; however this schedule was based and premised upon acceptance of the NEM's by the FAA in the context of the Airport's 14 CFR Part 150 study.
On April 20, 2009, the FAA determined that certain maps prepared on behalf of GACRAA entitled "Existing (2007) Noise Contour Map" and "Future (2012) Noise Contour Map" are in compliance with applicable requirements of 14 CFR Part 150. Notice of this acceptance was published in the local newspaper and in the Federal Register on May 1, 2009.
Due to a later than anticipated FAA acceptance date of the NEM's, staff has modified the original schedule and seeks approval from the City Commission to direct staff to prepare a Petition on this matter for Plan Board review and advisory recommendations.
Planning staff anticipates that in terms of parameters for the Petition, the accepted NEM's would be incorporated into the Land Dev...
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