City of Gainesville - File #: 090299.

• File #: 090299.
• Version: 2
• Name: REZONE THE ALACHUA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE SITE FROM PS (PUBLIC SERVICES AND OPERATIONS DISTRICT) AND CON (CONSERVATION DISTRICT) TO BI (BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT) (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/21/2010
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 11/4/2010
• Title: REZONE THE ALACHUA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE SITE FROM PS (PUBLIC SERVICES AND OPERATIONS DISTRICT) AND CON (CONSERVATION DISTRICT) TO BI (BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT) (B) Ordinance No. 090299; Petition PB-09-81 ZON An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the City of Gainesville zoning categories of "Public Services and Operations (PS) District" and "Conservation (CON) District" to the City of Gainesville zoning category of "Business Industrial (BI) District," located in the vicinity of 2900 Northeast 39th Avenue, commonly known as the Alachua County Fairgrounds and Cooperative Extension Office and consisting of approximately 74.48 acres; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/4/2010	2	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
10/21/2010	1	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass

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REZONE THE ALACHUA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE SITE FROM PS (PUBLIC SERVICES AND OPERATIONS DISTRICT) AND CON (CONSERVATION DISTRICT) TO BI (BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT) (B)

Ordinance No. 090299; Petition PB-09-81 ZON
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the City of Gainesville zoning categories of "Public Services and Operations (PS) District" and "Conservation (CON) District" to the City of Gainesville zoning category of "Business Industrial (BI) District," located in the vicinity of 2900 Northeast 39th Avenue, commonly known as the Alachua County Fairgrounds and Cooperative Extension Office and consisting of approximately 74.48 acres; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT

The property consists of approximately 74.48 acres of the property that is the site of the Alachua County Fairgrounds and the Cooperative Extension Office. Approximately 5.14 acres located at the westernmost corner of the property has Public Facilities (PF) land use and Public services and operations district (PS) zoning; the other 69.34 acres has Conservation (CON) land use and zoning. This petition does not include the eastern 27.6 acres owned by the County, much of which is wetland and all of which has CON land use and zoning. The property is adjacent to and south of the Gainesville Regional Airport. The property fronts NE 39th Avenue and Waldo Road and the majority of it is within the Enterprise Zone.

In 2003, Plan East Gainesville (PEG) was accepted by the City of Gainesville and Alachua County. The summary report for PEG recommends that the existing fairgrounds site be used as an "office and industrial mixed-use emplo...