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REZONING - 800 BLOCK OF SOUTHEAST 11TH STREET (B)
Ordinance No. 0-05-45, Petition No. 28ZON-05PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City from "PS: Public services and operations district" to "RSF-3: 5.8 units/acre single-family residential district"; located in the vicinity of the 800 block of Southeast 11th Street, east side, consisting of approximately 4.8 acres; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMORANDUM
The subject property is 4.8 acres. It was formerly owned by Alachua County School Board as part of Lincoln Middle School. The property was sold by the School Board and purchased by the petitioner approximately 4 years ago. Since the property was purchased by the petitioner, the only facility on the property-a swimming pool-has been demolished and removed.
The petitioner intends to build single-family homes on this property, which would add new housing to southeast Gainesville.
The property currently has a Public Facilities (PS) zoning designation.
Education (ED) zoning owned by the School Board is east and south of the property. Residential Single-Family (RSF-1, 3.5 du/ac) zoning is also south of the property. The property to the west is RSF-3 (single-family residential, 5.8 du/ac) zoning. To the north, the property is RSF-4 (single-family residential, 8 du/ac) and ED (Education) zoning.
Nearby property is currently in lower-density residential and public school (middle and elementary) use. Because the character of nearby properties is compatible, an RSF-3 (residential single-family, 5.8 du/ac) zoning designation for this property would be suitable.
The Plan Board heard the petition and recommended that it be approved, with the amendment that the entire affected p...
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