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STREET VACATION - EAST OF GPD (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-47, Petition 176SVA-05PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, to vacate, abandon and close a public right-of-way generally located at Northwest 7th Place, west of Northwest 5th Street and east of an abandoned railroad right-of-way, as more specifically described in this Ordinance; 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 REPORT
The purpose of this request is to vacate a portion of right-of-way east of the Gainesville Police Department (GPD). The approximately .05-acre right-of-way to be vacated is an undeveloped portion of Northwest 7th Place, which lies between the westerly right-of-way line of Northwest 5th Street and the eastern right-of- way line of the abandoned CSX railroad. The property owner on the south side of the right-of-way at tax parcel 14414-010-001, also owns the property north of the subject right-of-way, at tax parcel 14409-000-000. Upon vacation of the right-of-way, the City would trade the vacated right-of-way to the property owner of the above-mentioned tax parcels for the north half of tax parcel 14409-000-000. The right-of-way is an unimproved "paper street." It provides no public access and would best be used for a land trade that would benefit the expansion activities of GPD. In recent months, the City has purchased land east of GPD headquarters for the use of some existing buildings and the construction of new facilities at some point in the future. The property that the City will receive in this land trade is the final piece in the acquisition activities.
The Plan Board heard this petition and recommended that it be approved.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on January 31, 2006. Letters were mailed to surrounding property owners on February 1, 2006. The Plan Board held a public hearing February 16, 2006.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
The City Commission, at its meeting of March 27, 2006, authorized the City Attorney to draft and the Clerk of the Commission to advertise an ordinance vacating the public right-of-way.