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URBAN SERVICES REPORT - SW 20th AVENUE AREA (B)
Ordinance No. 0-03-61
An Ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, adopting an Urban Services Report which sets forth the plans to provide urban services to an area generally described as follows: bounded on the south by the northern boundary of SW 24th Avenue as extended west to the western boundary of Interstate 75, bounded on the east by the City limits and the eastern boundary of Southwest 34th Street, bounded on the west by the western boundary of Interstate 75 and the City limits, and bounded on the north by the City limits; the area is proposed for annexation by the City of Gainesville pursuant to Chapter 90-496, as amended, Special Acts, Laws of Florida, known as the Alachua County Boundary Adjustment Act; providing directions to the City Manager, the City Attorney and the Clerk of the Commission; providing a repealing clause; providing for the specific repeal of ordinance 020730; providing a severability clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
Prior to the annexation of area into a municipality, the Alachua County Boundary Adjustment Act (Act) requires the municipality to prepare and adopt by nonemergency ordinance a report setting forth plans to provide urban services to the reserve area to be annexed. Once the urban services report is adopted, an annexation ordinance must be considered by the municipal government. In the case of a non-voluntary annexation, the Act then requires a referendum on annexation of the area be held at the next regularly scheduled election following the final adoption of the annexation ordinance.
In an effort to annex certain property located in the SW 20th Avenue area, in December of 2002, the City Commission of the City of Gainesville directed staff to prepare and advertise an urban services report to begin the process of annexing this property. The urban serv...
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