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ZONING - EAGLESROCK INTERNATIONAL, LLC (B)
Ordinance No. 0-10-13; Petition No. PB-09-178 ZON
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas by rezoning certain property within the City, located at 4123 Southwest 50th Street, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the Alachua County zoning district of "Single family, Low Density" (R-1a), 1-4 dwelling units per acre to the City of Gainesville zoning districts of "Single-family residential" (RSF-4), 8 units per acre, and "Conservation" (CON), providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
The property consists of approximately 2.35 acres and is located approximately three-fourths of a mile west of I-75, and approximately 970 feet (less than one-quarter mile) north of Archer Road. This 2.35-acre property is the southwestern portion of an approximately 31.6-acre property that was annexed into the City in February 2009. The remaining 29.25 acres are the subject of Petition PB-09-143 LUC requesting Planned Use District (for an assisted living facility and related uses) and Conservation land use.
The 2.35-acre property is accessible from Archer Road by SW 50th Street, an unpaved private road. There presently is no access to this property by a public road. The property is vacant, with the exception of an abandoned and dilapidated single-family dwelling.
The most significant environmental features on this property are in its western half with its live oak hammock on the slope and the wetland edge of Lake Kanapaha. Lake Kanapaha is lying almost directly on the Floridan aquifer and it is important to protect the quality of water entering it. Recognizing this, Alachua County placed Lake Kanapaha and the adjacent slope in the Hogtown Prairie Strategic Ecosystem. Planning and environmental staff concluded that the western 1.14 acres of the property is not suitable for future development and that it should be given the zoning district of Conservation. Such classification would further the protection of the water quality of Lake Kanapaha and of the Floridan aquifer, further the protection of wetlands on and adjacent to the property, conserve and protect the live oak hammock that covers the slope to the wetland area below, and would facilitate protection of the Special Flood Hazard Area (100-year flood zone) that is in the western third of the property.
This petition and ordinance propose to rezone certain property from the Alachua County zoning district of Single family, Low Density (R-1a), 1-4 dwelling units per acre, to the City of Gainesville zoning districts of "Single-family residential" (RSF-4), 8 units per acre on the eastern 1.21 acres of the property, and "Conservation" (CON) on the western 1.14 acres of the property. The stated districts are supported by City staff and the applicant, recommended by the Plan Board, and are consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan goals, objectives, and policies.
After public notice in the Gainesville Sun, the Plan Board held a public hearing on February 1, 2010, and by a vote of 4-0, recommended that the City Commission approve the petition.
A related petition, PB-09-177 LUC, and ordinance propose to change the land use designation on the property from the Alachua County land use category of "Low Density Residential" to the City of Gainesville land use categories of "Residential Low-Density" and "Conservation".
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
It is anticipated that the related petition (Petition No. PB-09-177 LUC) and ordinance (Ordinance No. 0-10-12) for the land use change amendment will be scheduled for the same day as the first reading of this petition and ordinance. This ordinance requires two hearings. Should this ordinance pass on first reading, the second and final reading will be held on August 5, 2010. However, this ordinance will not become effective until the land use change amendment to the Comprehensive Plan becomes effective.