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2018 Land Development Code Amendments (B)
Petition PB-18-101 TCH. City of Gainesville. Amend various sections of the Land Development Code to revise regulations concerning: accessory dwelling units, subdivisions, outdoor and sidewalk cafes, outdoor recreational uses, tree preservation and mitigation, density bonuses, transect zone form standards, and Urban 4 (U-4) zoning. Related to PB-18-100 CPA.
Explanation
This petition comprises an array of amendments to the Land Development Code (LDC) that are proposed as part of the 2018 amendment process. The LDC was comprehensively re-written in 2017 for the first time in 26 years. During the final adoption hearing, the City Commission directed the Department of Doing to prepare an annual update of code amendments which combine regulatory changes proposed by the City Commission, city staff, and privately-initiated applications. Exhibit A-1 of the staff report includes the 2018 list of code topics and the proposed hearing schedule.
The 2018 topic list also includes proposed code amendments identified by the Tree Ordinance Stakeholder Committee, a group of stakeholders convened by the City Commission in December 2016. The Commission directed staff to include recommendations from the Committee presented on July 27th, 2017 to this year’s code update. A meeting schedule and list of attendees can be found in Exhibit B-1 of this staff report.
The code update also includes revisions to the City’s subdivision regulations which were not revised with the 2017 code re-write. These revisions were initiated in response to City Commission and staff concerns expressed during the December 19th, 2017 and January 4th, 2018 City Commission hearings that the City’s current subdivision process is cumbersome and does not adequately support the City’s goals of infill, connectivity, and urban design expressed in the Comprehensive Plan and the City’s new transect zoning. The subdivision amendments also reflect the Commission’...
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