City of Gainesville - File #: 090538

• File #: 090538
• Version: 2
• Name: LAND USE AMENDMENT - BUTLER PLAZA AREA (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adoption Reading
• File created: 8/5/2010
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 8/5/2010
• Title: LAND USE AMENDMENT - BUTLER PLAZA AREA (B) Ordinance No. 0-09-75, Petition PB-09-74 LUC An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element and Future Land Use Map; by changing the land use categories from the Alachua County Land Use Categories of Medium High Density Residential (8-14 DU/acre), High Density Residential (14-24 DU/acre), Office/Residential, Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial to the City of Gainesville underlying land use categories of Commercial (C), Office (O), Mixed-Use Medium (MU-M) and Residential Medium Density (RM) with the overlay category of Planned Use District (PUD), all as more specifically described in this ordinance on lands commonly referred to as "Butler Plaza" generally located between Southwest Archer Road and Southwest 24th Avenue, and between Southwest 40th Boulevard and Southwest 34th Street; by creating and adopting Policy 4.3.6 in the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan to gove...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/5/2010	2	City Commission	Adopted (Ordinance) on Adoption Reading	Pass
4/15/2010	1	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading, as revised (Ordinance)	Pass
11/30/2009	0	City Commission	Approved (Petition) as Modified	Pass
11/19/2009	0	City Commission	Continued (Petition)	Pass

title
LAND USE AMENDMENT - BUTLER PLAZA AREA (B)

Ordinance No. 0-09-75, Petition PB-09-74 LUC
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element and Future Land Use Map; by changing the land use categories from the Alachua County Land Use Categories of Medium High Density Residential (8-14 DU/acre), High Density Residential (14-24 DU/acre), Office/Residential, Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial to the City of Gainesville underlying land use categories of Commercial (C), Office (O), Mixed-Use Medium (MU-M) and Residential Medium Density (RM) with the overlay category of Planned Use District (PUD), all as more specifically described in this ordinance on lands commonly referred to as "Butler Plaza" generally located between Southwest Archer Road and Southwest 24th Avenue, and between Southwest 40th Boulevard and Southwest 34th Street; by creating and adopting Policy 4.3.6 in the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan to govern the Butler Plaza PUD; providing time limitations; providing directions to the City Manager; 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 proposed area of these "Butler Plaza" comprehensive plan amendments totals approximately 264 acres, and is located generally on the north side of Archer Road and to the west of SW 34th Street. The current developed portion (approximately 108 acres) of Butler Plaza has developed over the last 30 years and contains over 1 million square feet of commercial retail uses which are contained in several adjacent shopping plazas and multiple outparcels located along Archer Road. This existing development is accessed by a series of streets and private access drives that connect from Archer Road northward to Windmeadows Boulevard.

The property ...