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PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT (SORRENTO) (B)
Ordinance No. 0-02-22, Petition No. 84PDA-01PB
An Ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida; adopting a new Development Plan on property that is zoned "Planned Development" commonly known as "Sorrento"; generally located between N.W. 23rd Terrace and N.W. 20th Street and south of Northwest 53rd Avenue; adopting new development plan maps and a planned development report; adopting additional conditions and restrictions; providing for penalties; 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 STAFF REPORT
This is a request for a single-family residential planned development, located in the vicinity of Northwest 21st Drive and Northwest 53rd Avenue, south side. The property is located in the general area of the "Rainbows" residential subdivision.
The property's development history starts with an Alachua County approved Planned Unit Development (PUD), originally known as "Northwest 53rd Avenue Residential PUD," on the property in July of 1984. The City of Gainesville annexed the area as part of a 1992 annexation. The PUD approved by the County allowed 665 dwelling units on 72.4 acres, at a density of 9.19 units per acre. The PUD consisted of multiple-family buildings including quadraplexes, townhouses (8 units per building), and garden apartments (12 units per building). The PUD was required to connect with Northwest 24th Boulevard to the west or Northwest 45th Avenue to the south. No commercial uses were permitted within the PUD. The property was never developed while in the County and the PUD lapsed after one year of being annexed into the City of Gainesville in 1992. The property is now zoned PD; however, since the PUD lapsed, there exists no development plan or development standards to implement the City's PD (Plann...
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