Title
COLLEGE PARK SPECIAL AREA PLAN AMENDMENT (B)
Ordinance No. 0-05-12; Petition 158TCH-04 PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Appendix A, section 3, of the Land Development Code, relating to the College Park Master Plan and Regulating Plan for New Construction; amending paragraph (2) of the subsection on building height for new construction, by allowing a greater building heights and number of stories under certain prescribed zoning and land use conditions; providing directions to the codifier; 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 MEMORANDUM
This petition requests a text change to the College Park Special Area Plan (College Park SAP). The intent of the Plan is to protect and promote the traditional, walkable character of this neighborhood. Largely, this intent is to be achieved in the proper design and placement of buildings, streets and sidewalks in the neighborhood to create high-quality street spaces that are pleasant, safe and convenient for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users and motorists.
In addition to the preservation and promotion of a neighborhood design that is welcoming (particularly to pedestrians), the Special Area Plan finds it essential that residences, offices, retail and civic uses be compactly laid out so that their proximity makes walking between them convenient-a traditional design known as "mixed use."
Similarly, the purpose of a planned development (PD) is to provide a method for landowners or developers to submit unique proposals that are not provided for or allowed in the City's zoning districts. Planned development provisions allow unique design characteristics and a mix of residential and non-residential uses that are otherwise not accommodated in the land development regulations.
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