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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - HOUSING ELEMENT (B)
Ordinance No. 0-01-01; Petition No. 51CPA-00PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Housing Element of the City of Gainesville 1991-2001 Comprehensive Plan; amending provisions to address very low-income and extremely low-income housing; adding a policy concerning a county-wide "fair-share" housing ordinance for the dispersal of affordable housing; providing for a housing survey of rental units in the University of Florida context area; providing a policy concerning low demand or "safe place" shelters; making minor modifications throughout; providing directions to the City Manager; stating intent to adopt the amended element as part of the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
STAFF REPORT
An update of the Housing Element has been prepared. The proposed, revised Housing Element includes a data and analysis section that has been updated to reflect changes in conditions and in pertinent Florida statutes and administrative rules since adoption of the current comprehensive plan in 1991. The updated Goals, Objectives and Policies, which are proposed for transmittal (and subsequent adoption) to the state planning agency, reflect recommendations from the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) adopted in 1998, and public input over the past year.
The Housing Element was the subject of City Plan Board workshops on January 27 and March 16, 2000, and of community workshops on June 21, 2000 at the Westside Recreation Center and July 12, 2000 at the T.B. McPherson Recreation Center. The City Plan Board held a public hearing on the proposed updated Housing Element on April 20, 2000 and recommended approval, with board modifications, by a vote of 5-1. The City Commission heard a workshop pr...
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