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PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT (NAYLOR PUBLICATIONS) (B)
Ordinance No. 0-00-31, Petition No. 171PDA-99PB
An Ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida; amending the Planned Development commonly known as the "Naylor Publications, Inc." as originally adopted by Ordinance No. 980213; by extending the time frame for obtaining a final development order for one additional year from December 10, 1999 to December 10, 2000; located in the vicinity of the 5900 block of Northwest 1st Place; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
STAFF REPORT
The applicant has requested a one-year extension of the deadline for obtaining a final development order from December 10, 1999 to December 10, 2000. Approval of the one-year extension would afford Naylor Publications the necessary time to fully implement their plans for expansion.
Naylor Publications currently occupies a 20,000-square-foot office building, located at 5931 Northwest First Place, in Windsor Park. This office park is located along the east side of Northwest 62nd Street, just south of the Terwilliger Elementary School and east of the Oaks Mall.
Ordinance No. 980213 (Petition 117PDV-98PB), approved on November 9, 1998, authorized the rezoning of the subject property from "RSF-1" to "Planned Development." The application for rezoning was to allow Naylor to construct an office building and associated parking facilities in order to expand their facilities to accommodate the company's continued growth. However, due to the "lack of workforce currently available in the Gainesville area," Naylor has, to date, been unable to hire the "volume of personnel needed in association with an expansion."
The Plan Board reviewed the petition and recommends approval.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on November 2, 1999. Letters were mailed to surroundi...
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