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ESTABLISH AND DESCRIBE A HERITAGE OVERLAY DISTRICT (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-32; Petition No. PZ-09-17TCH
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, relating to heritage overlay districts; amending the City Land Development Code by establishing the heritage overlay district designation; by setting forth the purpose, objectives and effect of such designation; by creating heritage overlay district procedures, regulations, and exemptions; by creating a heritage overlay district board; amending Appendix A, Schedule of Fees, Rates and Charges of the Code of Ordinances by creating fees for petitions related to heritage overlay districts; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance as amended.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
On September 24, 2007, the City Commission directed staff to process a Plan Board Petition to establish a Heritage Overlay District (HOD) designation, describing what can be regulated within a HOD, and describing procedures and criteria for applying the overlay to a particular geographic area.
This ordinance sets forth the criteria that a residential area must meet in order to be designated as a HOD. Those criteria address filing a petition, district boundaries, number of parcels, property owner consent, design standards report, and other factors. If a certain residential area meets those minimum requirements, then the City Commission would consider the request through the standard rezoning process, including application forms, application fees, public notice and public hearings. The ordinance overlaying the HOD designation would set forth the regulatory requirements for that particular HOD.
The Plan Board held public discussions concerning HODs on September 22, 2008 and January 22, 2009. Public notice was ...
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