City of Gainesville - File #: 160122.

• File #: 160122.
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Second Reading
• File created: 6/13/2016
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 7/21/2016
• Final action: 7/21/2016
• Title: LAND USE CHANGE - PORTION OF 1125 NE 8TH AVENUE (B) Ordinance No. 160122; Petition No. PB-16-74 LUC An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of property generally located at 1125 NE 8th Avenue adjacent to and south of NE 8th Avenue, west of NE 12th Street, and east of NE 11th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Public Facilities (PF) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (MUL); providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2016	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance), as amended	Pass
6/30/2016	1	City Plan Board

title

LAND USE CHANGE - PORTION OF 1125 NE 8TH AVENUE (B)

Ordinance No. 160122; Petition No. PB-16-74 LUC
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of property generally located at 1125 NE 8th Avenue adjacent to and south of NE 8th Avenue, west of NE 12th Street, and east of NE 11th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Public Facilities (PF) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (MUL); providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission: (1) approve Petition No. PB-16-74 LUC; and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT

This ordinance will change the land use category for a developed, 3.2-acre property located at 1125 NE 8th Avenue adjacent to and south of NE 8th Avenue, west of NE 12th Street (approximately 1,155 feet west of Waldo Road), and east of NE 11th Street. This land use change from Public and Institutional Facilities (PF) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (MUL) will allow a broad mix of residential and non-residential uses, including offices and retail scaled to serve the surrounding neighborhood.

The property is west of and adjacent to a place of religious assembly and two-family residences (duplexes) that front NE 12th Street. Duplexes and single-family houses are west across NE 11th Street, and the City's vacant 3.6-acre parcel is adjacent to the south. To the north across NE 8th Avenue are a convenience store and single-family houses. This property is within the Gainesville Innovation Zone.

This developed property contains a vacant 29,935 sq. ft. building that was owned by the federal government since 1950, and was used for many years by the U.S. Army Reserve. The property was the subject of a City of Gainesville visioning workshop in 2012. Owners...