City of Gainesville - File #: 030760

• File #: 030760
• Version: 2
• Name: College Park Special Area Plan (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/12/2004
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 4/12/2004
• Title: COLLEGE PARK SPECIAL AREA PLAN (B) Ordinance No. 0-04-24; Petition 171TCH-03 PB An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Appendix A of the Land Development Code, relating to the College Park Master Plan; increasing the building height from 4 stories to 5 stories for Type I buildings; establishing a maximum numerical height limit for each building type; providing a provision for row house lots; prohibiting specified encroachments into the right-of-way; incorporating required compliance for expansions, renovations, and repairs; removing inconsistencies in the Plan; making minor changes to the Plan for clarification; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/12/2004	2	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading, as amended (Ordinance)	Pass
3/29/2004	1	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance), as revised	Pass

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COLLEGE PARK SPECIAL AREA PLAN (B)

Ordinance No. 0-04-24; Petition 171TCH-03 PB

An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Appendix A of the Land Development Code, relating to the College Park Master Plan; increasing the building height from 4 stories to 5 stories for Type I buildings; establishing a maximum numerical height limit for each building type; providing a provision for row house lots; prohibiting specified encroachments into the right-of-way; incorporating required compliance for expansions, renovations, and repairs; removing inconsistencies in the Plan; making minor changes to the Plan for clarification; 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.

explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
The proposed amendments to the College Park Special Area Plan are a compilation of staff changes and modifications recommended by the Chamber Code Review Committee. The amendments remove inconsistencies and unnecessary language, and correct glitches that were discovered in the Plan. The most significant changes include: establishing when expansions, renovations and repairs must comply with new construction requirements; increasing the building height from 4 stories to 5 stories for Type I buildings; establishing a maximum numerical height limit for each building type; providing a provision for row house lots; and prohibiting some encroachments into the right-of-way.

The Plan Board heard the petition and recommended that it be approved with the following modifications:
1. Leave Landscape Standards as original language ("Three trees including at least two shade trees are required for every 1,200 square feet of private outdoor space on the lot.");
2. Amend Architectural Regulations for New Construction/Building Walls/Configuratio...