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REZONING - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EASTSIDE CAMPUS (B)
Ordinance No. 100778, Petition No. PB-11-11 ZON
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 zoning category of "MH: 12 units/acre mobile home residential district" to "ED: Educational services district"; located in the vicinity of 2200 Northeast Waldo Road; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMORANDUM
This proposed rezoning from MH (12 units/acre mobile home residential district) to ED (Educational services district) is for an approximately 2.6-acre property located on the west side of Waldo Road and south of Northeast 23rd Avenue. This property is adjacent to the University of Florida's Eastside Campus on the south (and west), and to both a mobile home park and Northeast 23rd Avenue on the north. To the east and across Waldo Road is the State of Florida's Tacachale residential facility for the developmentally disabled. The property was previously part of the adjacent mobile home park to the north, but is now vacant and unimproved except for the remains of three very dilapidated and unoccupied wooden houses. The property is within the Eastside Community Redevelopment Area, but it is not within either the Enterprise Zone or a special area plan.
The property was purchased in 2010 for the purpose of expanding the adjacent Eastside Campus of the University of Florida, which is part of the 2005-2015 Campus Master Plan and is included in the 2005-2015 Campus Development Agreement. The application states that "the addition of this parcel as an overflow parking area to the campusÂ…will help alleviate the current shortage of parking. As the total Eastside Campus continues to evolve and redevelop over time, alternate uses will be contemplated that complement the remainder of the site." This property will be incorporated by the University into the Campus Master Plan in a future update of the Master Plan.
The proposed change from MH to ED zoning is appropriate for the property's planned use as part of the UF Eastside Campus. The ED district was established to identify and locate public educational facilities at appropriate locations throughout the community. Universities are a use by right in the Educational services zoning district. The MH zoning currently on the 2.6-acre property can allow up to 31 residential units, but it does not allow institutions of higher learning. This petition is related to Petition PB-11-10 LUC, which is a request for a small-scale, comprehensive plan amendment from Residential Low-Density (up to 12 units per acre) to the Education land use category.
The key issues are: 1) this proposed rezoning is consistent with the related, proposed land use amendment to Education; 2) compatibility with the adjacent residential property to the north will be ensured by meeting all applicable requirements of the Land Development Code; 3) the proposed Educational facilities district zoning is consistent with the continued development of the University of Florida Eastside Campus, and with Plan East Gainesville; and, 4) the proposed rezoning from a residential to an institutional use could have a marginal negative impact on the supply of potential affordable housing in Gainesville.
The proposal is consistent with the City of Gainesville adopted comprehensive plan.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on February 8, 2011. The Plan Board held a public hearing on February 24, 2011.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
The petition and ordinance are simultaneously submitted to the City Commission for approval and adoption because city staff and the plan board both recommend approval.