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REZONING - ST. ELIZABETH'S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH (B)
Ordinance No. 0-04-38, Petition No. 20ZON-04PB (Quasi-Judicial)
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property recently annexed into the City from the Alachua County zoning category of "R-1a, single-family, low density (one to four dwelling units per acre" to the City of Gainesville zoning category of "RSF-1: 3.5 units/acre single-family residential district"; located at 5129 Northwest 53rd Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission: 1) approve Petition No. 20ZON-04PB; and 2) adopt the proposed ordinance
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STAFF REPORT
The subject property is located west of Northwest 43rd Street off Northwest 53rd Avenue in northwest Gainesville. The property proposed for the zoning change is approximately 7.3 acres in size and composed of one tax parcel. This property was annexed into city limits on February 10, 2003. This petition is being proposed in order to bring the parcel under the City's land use and zoning regulations (as is required for all annexed properties).
The property is currently in use as St. Elizabeth's Greek Orthodox Church and also contains a living facility for clergy assigned to the place of religious assembly.
The current zoning is Alachua County R-1a (Single-family residential). The existing Future land use category designation on this parcel is Alachua County Institutional. The petition proposal is to change the zoning category to City of Gainesville RSF-1 (3.5 units/acre single-family residential district).
The parcels to the south and west of the subject properties have an Alachua County R-1a zoning designation consistent with the single-family residential uses and subdivisions in the area. To the north is Alachua County PD (Planned Development for a residential single-family subdivision). To the east, there is City-designated PD (Planned Development) for the Kensington single-family subdivision.
The Plan Board heard the petition and recommended that it be approved.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on February 3, 2004. Letters were mailed to surrounding property owners on February 4, 2004. The Plan Board held a public hearing February 26, 2004, which was a continuation of the recessed meeting of February 19, 2004. Planning Division staff recommended that the Plan Board approve the petition. The Plan Board recommended that the City Commission approve Petition 20ZON-04 PB. Plan Board vote 5-0.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
The petition was initiated by the City of Gainesville and involves less than 10 contiguous acres. State law only requires one adoption hearing for the rezoning ordinance.