Title
City of Gainesville Registry of Protected Public Places Phase III Listing (B)
Ordinance No. 200038
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, adding specified real properties owned in fee simple by the City of Gainesville to the City of Gainesville Registry of Protected Public Places; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
Explanation
Section 5.09, City of Gainesville Charter, created a Registry of Protected Public Places for real properties owned in fee simple by the City that are acquired or used for conservation, recreation, or cultural purposes, and that are deemed by the City Commission to be worthy of the highest level of protection. At a public hearing the City Commission may add properties to the Registry by adopting an ordinance by a five-sevenths vote of the membership of the Commission. Once placed on the Registry, the properties may not be sold, or converted to a use that will result in a loss of values for which a property was placed on the Registry, except by a majority vote of the electors voting in a city-wide referendum election.
Six additional nature parks are proposed for listing as Phase III: 29th Road Nature Park Additions, Boulware Springs Nature Park, Colclough Pond Nature Park Additions, Forest Park Conservation Area Additions, Loblolly Woods Nature Park Additions, and Morningside Nature Park Additions. The property listing document provides legal descriptions, location maps, and a description of values for which the properties are to be protected.
This ordinance requires two hearings and will become effective immediately.
Fiscal Note
There is no cost to the City to list properties on the Registry of Protected Public Places.
Recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.