City of Gainesville - File #: 150366.

• File #: 150366.
• Version: 3
• Name: ZONING - EAGLESROCK INTERNATIONAL, LLC (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/15/2010
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 8/5/2010
• Title: ZONING - EAGLESROCK INTERNATIONAL, LLC (B) Ordinance No. 0-10-13; Petition No. PB-09-178 ZON An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas by rezoning certain property within the City, located at 4123 Southwest 50th Street, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the Alachua County zoning district of "Single family, Low Density" (R-1a), 1-4 dwelling units per acre to the City of Gainesville zoning districts of "Single-family residential" (RSF-4), 8 units per acre, and "Conservation" (CON), providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/5/2010	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
7/15/2010	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
7/1/2010	1	City Commission	Continued	Pass

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ZONING - EAGLESROCK INTERNATIONAL, LLC (B)

Ordinance No. 0-10-13; Petition No. PB-09-178 ZON
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas by rezoning certain property within the City, located at 4123 Southwest 50th Street, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the Alachua County zoning district of "Single family, Low Density" (R-1a), 1-4 dwelling units per acre to the City of Gainesville zoning districts of "Single-family residential" (RSF-4), 8 units per acre, and "Conservation" (CON), 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 2.35 acres and is located approximately three-fourths of a mile west of I-75, and approximately 970 feet (less than one-quarter mile) north of Archer Road. This 2.35-acre property is the southwestern portion of an approximately 31.6-acre property that was annexed into the City in February 2009. The remaining 29.25 acres are the subject of Petition PB-09-143 LUC requesting Planned Use District (for an assisted living facility and related uses) and Conservation land use.

The 2.35-acre property is accessible from Archer Road by SW 50th Street, an unpaved private road. There presently is no access to this property by a public road. The property is vacant, with the exception of an abandoned and dilapidated single-family dwelling.

The most significant environmental features on this property are in its western half with its live oak hammock on the slope and the wetland edge of Lake Kanapaha. Lake Kanapaha is lying almost directly on the Floridan aquifer and it is important to protect the quality of water entering it. Recognizing this, Alachua County placed Lake Kanapaha and the adjacent slope in the Hogtown Prairie Strategic Ecosystem...