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REZONING - JOHN MAHON PARK (B)
Ordinance No. 100144, Petition No. PB-10-32ZON
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the zoning category of "RSF-1: 3.5 units/acre single-family residential district" to "CON: Conservation district"; located in the vicinity of south of Newberry Road and south of property commonly known as the Central Park Medical Plaza; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission: 1) approve Petition No. PB-10-32ZON; and 2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
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STAFF REPORT
The petitioner, the City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Department, requests a rezoning on land owned and maintained by the City. The 9.9-acre parcel is currently zoned RSF-1. Approval of the proposed change would result in the parcel being designated CON. This parcel is managed as an undeveloped nature park named John Mahon Park.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on May 11, 2010. The City Plan Board held a public hearing May 27, 2010.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
The petition and ordinance are simultaneously submitted to the City Commission for approval and adoption because city staff and the plan board both recommend approval. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final adoption; however, the rezoning shall not become effective until the amendment to the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan adopted by Ordinance No. 100143 becomes effective as provided therein.