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PERMITTED USE CHANGE ON DEERHAVEN GENERATING STATION (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-29, Petition No. PZ-09-45
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas by specifying the permitted uses on certain City property known as the "Deerhaven Generating Station" with the existing zoning category of "PS: Public Services and Operations District", as more specifically described in this Ordinance, located in the vicinity of 10001 N.W. 13th Street; providing development standards; 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 1,061-acre property is the site of the City's Deerhaven Generating Station, which is located on the north side of US Highway 441 at 10001 NW 13th Street (parcel number 05884-001-000) at the north end of the City. It abuts City-owned property to the east and north with Alachua County Rural/Agriculture land use and Agriculture zoning, and is in use as managed timberlands. To the south is land with Industrial land use and I-2 (General industrial district) zoning that is the site of a lumber and saw mill business. Immediately to the west is the Alachua County Public Works Department which has Alachua County Rural Employment Center land use and Agriculture zoning. To the west, across US 441 and within the city limits of Alachua is Commercial land use (with Commercial Intensive zoning), Industrial land use (Industrial General zoning), and Moderate Density Residential (0-4 dwelling units per acre) with PUD zoning. This area is comprised of vacant forested land, various commercial establishments (plumbing/construction supplies, carwash, storage shed sales, two single-family subdivisions (Staghorn and Brook Pointe), a retail nursery, a bicycle shop, a farm, and a gas station/convenience store at NW 43rd Street. Several teleco...
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