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RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION - BETWEEN S.E. 4TH AVENUE AND S.E. 4TH PLACE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-01, Petition 125SVA-05PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, to vacate, abandon and close a 10-foot wide alleyway generally located east of Southeast 5th Street, west of Sweetwater Branch Creek, and running north and south between Southeast 4th Avenue and Southeast 4th Place; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT
This is a request by Gainesville Regional Utilities to vacate unused right-of-way for the development of a new technology building. This right-of-way is located east of Southeast 3rd Street and south of Southeast 4th Avenue, running north and south between Southeast 4th Avenue and Southeast 4th Place. The 10-foot wide alley to be vacated is undeveloped. Upon vacation of the right-of-way, the City would retain the area to allow for the possibility of future development. The right-of-way is a "paper street," that consists of grass and some trees. The street provides no public access and would best be used for some type of future development.
The Plan Board heard the petition and voted to recommend approval of the petition.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on August 30, 2005 and September 25, 2005. Letters were mailed to surrounding property owners on August 31, 2005 and September 23, 2005. The Plan Board held a public hearing September 15, 2005. The City Commission will hold a public hearing October 10, 2005.
CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM
The City Commission, at its meeting of October 10, 2005, authorized the City Attorney's Office to draft and the Clerk of the Commission to advertise an ordinance to vacate the alleyway.