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REZONING - LOBLOLLY WOODS (B)
Ordinance No. 100146, Petition No. PB-10-34ZON
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 southeast of the intersection of Northwest 34th Street and Northwest 8th Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission: 1) approve Petition No. PB-10-34ZON; 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 land use change on land owned and maintained by the City. The 79.8-acre parcel currently has split land use with approximately half Conservation and half Single Family, including a 1.33-acre portion of Single Family on its western edge. Approval of the proposed change would result in that small portion being designated Conservation to be consistent with the western half of the parcel; the eastern half of the parcel will remain Single Family. This parcel is managed as an undeveloped nature park named Loblolly Woods.
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. 100145 becomes effective as provided therein.