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TEXT CHANGE - COMPREHENSIVE REVISION TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
Ordinance No. 140818
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, comprehensively revising the Land Development Code (Chapter 30 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances) by deleting the entirety of the existing text and adopting new text to delete certain existing zoning districts and special area plans, to create new zoning districts with associated regulations, and to reorganize, update, and clarify the text of the Land Development Code; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
Update since first reading: On May 18, 2017, the City Commission approved this ordinance on first reading. Since that time, city staff has revised this ordinance to incorporate ordinances that have been adopted by the City Commission that amended the Land Development Code and to make various corrections to typos and scrivener's errors.
This ordinance comprehensively amends the Land Development Code (Chapter 30 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances) by deleting the entire existing text and adopting new text to: delete certain existing zoning districts and special area plans; create eight new zoning districts (called transect zones) with associated regulations; update and streamline many of the review and approval processes; and reorganize, update and clarify the text of the Land Development Code.
The City Plan Board, which acts pursuant to the authority granted in Section 4.02 of the Charter Laws of the City of Gainesville and which acts as the Local Planning Agency pursuant to Section 163.3174, Florida Statutes, held a series of public hearings and on December 3, 2014, voted to recommend that the City Commission approve this amendment to the text of the Land ...
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