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Significant Ecological Communities Overlay District on I-2 Zoned Property (B)
Petition 15ZON-06 PB City of Gainesville. Amend the City of Gainesville Land Development Code by overlaying the Significant Ecological Communities District on property zoned I-2 (General industrial district) and PS (Public services and operations district) on approximately 582 acres. Located east of Waldo Road on the north and south sides of Northeast 39th Avenue and three parcels east of Waldo Road, south of Northeast 49th Avenue.
Explanation
On August 28, 2003, the City Plan Board made a final recommendation for a petition to the City Commission to establish a Significant Ecological Communities ordinance. The City Commission adopted this ordinance on second reading at their November 8, 2004 meeting. The ordinance establishes standards for protecting significant ecological communities within the city. The next step necessary to implement this ordinance is to rezone properties ranked “outstanding” or “high” (in terms of assessed environmental value) so that the Significant Ecological Communities regulations become an overlay to the land development regulations applying to these properties.
The subject properties have been ranked “high” by City Nature Operations staff. The petition includes approximately 544 acres of property. (A 37.6-acre parcel originally in the petition was withdrawn at the Plan Board hearing because it is part of the University of Florida Master Plan.) The properties near Northeast 39th Avenue are owned by the State of Florida and zoned PS (public services and operations). The properties adjacent to Northeast 49th Avenue are owned by the City of Gainesville and zoned I-2 (general industrial).
The Significant Ecological Communities Overlay Zoning District standards would operate in conjunction with underlying zoning district regulations for these properties. The regulations of the underlying zoning districts, and all other applicable r...
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