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REVISIONS TO AIRPORT HAZARD ZONING REGULATIONS (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-68
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, relating to Airport Hazard Zoning Regulations; amending Appendix F of the Land Development Code of the City of Gainesville by stating a purpose and findings; by amending definitions; by amending and updating requirements for regulating the use of land within the Airport Noise Zone; by adopting a new Airport Noise Zone Map; by correcting references in the existing text and conforming the regulations with the state and federal law; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing an immediate effective date; and providing directions to the Clerk of the Commission.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
The purpose of this ordinance is to adopt a new Airport Noise Zone map and to update the Airport Hazard Zoning regulations. The intent of the proposed changes is to protect the safety and welfare of citizens through development regulations that recognize that certain uses are incompatible with airport operations and if allowed to develop, may negatively impact the normal lives and day-to-day activity of citizens who would reside, work or congregate therein and result in dissatisfaction and complaints. Conversely, it is also important that the regulations protect the airport from incompatible land uses that may hamper the current and future airport operations
By way of background, two events have led the City to consider a new Airport Noise Zone map and revised Airport Hazard Zoning regulations: the updating of the Airport Master Plan in June 2006 by the Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority (GACRAA) and the processing of a land use change in the Airport Noise Zone in 2007 and 2008 by the City. During the course of the land use change hearings, the property owner asserted th...
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