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REZONING - 500 TO 600 BLOCKS BETWEEN NE 20th TERRACE AND NE 24th STREET (B)
Ordinance No. 0-05-22, Petition 192ZON-04PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain lands within the City from the zoning categories of "RSF-1: 3.5 units/acre single-family residential district" and "RSF-2: 4.6 units/acre single-family residential district" to the zoning category of "PS: Public services and operations district"; allowing development of a stormwater park with a retention basin and recreational nature trails; without approval of a preliminary development plan; located in the vicinity of the 500 to 600 blocks between Northeast 20th Terrace and Northeast 24th Street; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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STAFF REPORT
This petition concerns 7 vacant parcels owned by the City of Gainesville, totaling approximately 26-acres in the Duval Neighborhood. Six of the 7 properties are zoned RSF-1 (3.5 units/acre single-family residential district) with SF (Single Family, up to 8 units per acre) land use. The other property is zoned RSF-2 (4.6 units/acre single-family residential district) with the SF land use. The site is surrounded by single-family residential development with RSF-2 and RSF-3 (5.8 units/acre single-family residential district) to the north, RSF-1 and RSF-2 to the east, RSF-3 to the west, and RSF-1 and RC (12 units/acre residential conservation district) to the south. The land use of this land is primarily SF, with the R-L (Residential Low-Density, up to 12 units per acre) category for the RC-zoned properties.
The request of this petition is to change the zoning from RSF-1 and RSF-2 to PS (Public services and operations district). This change is requested in order to allow for the development of a stormwater park with a retention ...
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