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REZONING - 3401 NW 34TH STREET (B)
(QUASI-JUDICIAL) ORDINANCE NO. 0-03-71, PETITION NO. 52ZON-03PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City from "OF: general office district" to "OR: 20 units/acre office residential district" located in the vicinity of 3401 Northwest 34th Street; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMORANDUM
The subject property is located on a triangular piece of property located at the intersection of Northwest 34th Street and Glen Springs Road (Northwest 31st Boulevard). The approximately 11.2-acre parcel is zoned OF (General office district) and CON (Conservation). The current land use is O (Office) and C (Conservation). The property is adjacent to single-family residential use on the east, west and the south side of the site. All of this adjacent land has single-family land use and RSF-1 (3.5 units/acre single-family residential district) zoning. To the north of the property is public right-of-way, with single-family use to the east of it and a residential planned development zoned PD (Planned development) and a parcel with PS (Public services and operations) zoning to the west of it. This zoning map amendment request is limited to the portion of the land on the subject property that is zoned OF.
The request of this petition is to rezone the property from OF to OR (20 units/acre office residential district). This change is requested in order for the owner to have the option to consider office or residential development on the site. The density of any residential development cannot exceed more than two times the average permitted density of adjacent residential districts.
The Plan Board heard this petition and recommended that it be approved.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on June 3, 2003. Letters were mailed to surrounding property owners on June 4, 2003. The Plan Board held a public hearing June 19, 2003. Planning Division staff recommended that the Plan Board approve the petition. The Plan Board recommended that the City Commission approve Petition 52ZON-03 PB. Plan Board vote 5-0.
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.