title
STREET VACATION – SHANDS CANCER HOSPITAL PROJECT (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-111, Petition 111SVA-06PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, to vacate, abandon and close that portion of Southwest 14th Terrace located in the vicinity between the south right-of-way line of Railroad Street, north of the south property line of Lot 3 of Block 7 of Little Gandy Subdivision, as more specifically described in this Ordinance; reserving public and private utilities easements; providing conditions and a reversionary interest; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT
This is a request to vacate a portion of Southwest 14th Terrace to facilitate the development of a cancer hospital and associated facilities.
The Plan Board's recommendation of approval of the street vacation is conditional upon the following: 1) the Special Use Permit and Site Plan for the Shands Cancer Hospital development must be approved by the City and; 2) the second reading of the ordinance approving the street vacation of a portion of Southwest 14th Terrace located between the south right-of-way line of Railroad Street, as shown on Little Gandy subdivision, to a point 10 feet north of and parallel to the south property line of Lot 3 of Block 7 of Little Gandy Subdivision shall be coordinated with the final sign-off of the site plans for Shands Cancer Hospital. The Plan Board has at this point approved the Special Use Permit for a height of eight stories for the hospital, along with preliminary development plan approval.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on August 1, 2006. Letters were mailed to surrounding property owners on August 2, 2006. The Plan Board held a public hearing on August 17, 2006.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
The City Commission, at its meeting of Septembe...
Click here for full text