City of Gainesville - File #: 080350.

• File #: 080350.
• Version: 1
• Name: REZONING - EXPANSION OF GPD (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/17/2009
• In control: City Commission
• Final action: 9/17/2009
• Title: REZONING - EXPANSION OF GPD (B) Ordinance No. 0-08-91, Petition 17PSZ-08PB An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain properties within the City, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from the zoning categories of "MU-1: 8-30 units/acre mixed use low intensity," "RC: 12 units/acre residential conservation district," and "OF: General office district" to "PS: Public services and operations district" to permit by right a public safety administration and operations facility and certain other principal and accessory uses, as more specifically described in this ordinance, including an indoor shooting range, communications tower, outdoor storage, and a public bicycle and pedestrian path through a portion of the property; without the approval of a preliminary development plan; located in the vicinity of the 400 Block of Northwest 8th Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an ...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/17/2009	1	City Commission	Adopted (Ordinance) on Adoption Reading, as amended	Pass
12/4/2008	0	City Commission	Approved (Petition) with Staff Conditions	Pass
10/2/2008	0	City Commission	Continued (Petition)	Pass

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REZONING - EXPANSION OF GPD (B)

Ordinance No. 0-08-91, Petition 17PSZ-08PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain properties within the City, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from the zoning categories of "MU-1: 8-30 units/acre mixed use low intensity," "RC: 12 units/acre residential conservation district," and "OF: General office district" to "PS: Public services and operations district" to permit by right a public safety administration and operations facility and certain other principal and accessory uses, as more specifically described in this ordinance, including an indoor shooting range, communications tower, outdoor storage, and a public bicycle and pedestrian path through a portion of the property; without the approval of a preliminary development plan; located in the vicinity of the 400 Block of Northwest 8th Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
STAFF REPORT

This is a request by the Gainesville Police Department to change the zoning of a 2.56-acre property adjacent to the existing GPD Downtown Headquarters Campus to PS (Public services and operations district) zoning. These properties were purchased by the City with the intent of allowing for expansion of the existing police department facility and the establishment of a training center and analysis center at the site. Currently, the State of Florida owns a strip of land that runs through the middle of the proposed campus expansion. This land was previously part of a privately owned railroad right-of-way, and was purchased by the State for the establishment of the 6th Street Rail Trail. In conjunction with the rezoning of this site, there is a plan to exchange the right-of-way for an equivalent section of land that is currently owned by the City. ...