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LAND USE CHANGE - OAK HAMMOCK (B)
Ordinance No. 0-05-19, Petition 24LUC-04PB
An ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Map; by changing the land use categories of certain properties annexed into the City from the Alachua County land use categories of "RES 2-4: Residential, 2-4 dwelling units per acre", "INST, Institutional", and "OFF/R 4-8: Office/Residential, 4-8 dwelling units per acre" to the City of Gainesville land use category of "Office", as more specifically described in this Ordinance, generally located in the vicinity of and including the Oak Hammock retirement community, and certain properties along Williston Road including 2521 Southwest Williston Road; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission: (1) receive the report of the Department of Community Affairs; and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
STAFF REPORT
The original petition included land that was part of a utility easement located along the eastern boundary of the Oak Hammock development and part of a property that houses a Progress Energy substation. Both pieces of land are part of larger parcels and because the land is split between Alachua County and the City of Gainesville, it was felt that the proposed City land use and zoning designations should be as close as possible to the Alachua County land use and zoning designations. The current Alachua County land use designation for the 2 pieces of land is Residential (2-4 dwelling units per acre), with a zoning of R-1A (Single-family, low density). The proposed City of Gainesville designations were SF (Single Family, up to 8 units per acre) land use and RSF-1 (3.5 units/acre single-family residential district) zoning.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
On April 11, 2005 the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 0-05-05 (Petition No. 167LUC-04 PB, Future Land Use Element) on first reading for transmittal to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA).
The State of Florida Department of Community Affairs issued a letter dated June 20, 2005, stating that this amendment need not be formally reviewed for consistency with Chapter 163, F.S. The Department also waived preparing an Objections, Recommendations and Comments Report. A copy of their letter is attached to this memorandum. Therefore, the City may now proceed with the final adoption of this ordinance.
Florida Statutes set forth the procedure for adoption of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. The second hearing will be held at the adoption stage of the ordinance and must be advertised approximately five (5) days after the day that the second advertisement is published.
If adopted on second reading, the Plan amendment will not become effective until the State Department of Community Affairs issues a final order determining the adopted amendment to be in compliance in accordance with the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, or until the Administration Commission (Governor and Cabinet) issues a final order determining the adopted amendment to be in compliance.