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LAND USE CHANGE – MALLORY SQUARE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-07-112, Petition No. 73LUC-06PB
An ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan, Future Land Use Map; by changing the land use category of certain property, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from “Residential Medium-Density (8-30 units per acre)” to “Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (8-30 units per acre)”; located in the vicinity of 3600 block, east side of Southwest 34th Street; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT
This petition is a small-scale land use amendment to change the Future Land Use category from Residential Medium-Density (8-30 units per acre) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (8-30 units per acre) for two vacant parcels in the southwest portion of the city (see Map 1). The parcels are approximately 8.35 acres in size. The subject properties are located on the east side of SW 34th Street, just north of SW 37th Boulevard, and they are within the Idylwild/Serenola Special Area.
The purpose of the proposed land use is to enable the applicant to construct a mixed use facility that provides a transitional use between SW 34th Street and the existing residential neighborhoods and for neighborhood scaled nonresidential uses. Project design will be sensitive to the environmental amenities on site. The applicant proposes a total of 122 residential units in the associated PD rezoning.
The housing in this area is predominantly student-oriented due to the proximity to the University of Florida campus and Shands Hospital (Medical Center). Most units within this area are either apartment complexes or condominiums. There is no single-family land use designated near these parcels.
This petition is submitted concurrently with a Planned Development (PD) rezoning application (see Pe...
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