City of Gainesville - File #: 060548.

• File #: 060548.
• Version: 5
• Name: University Park Neighborhood - Heritage Neighborhood Designation (B)
• Type: Staff Recommendation
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/24/2007
• In control: Community Development Committee
• Final action: 9/24/2007
• Title: University Park Neighborhood - Heritage Neighborhood Designation (B) The City Commission referred to the Community Development Committee the issue of Heritage Neighborhood Designation for the University Park Neighborhood. The Committee has discussed the referral, and recommends that the City Commission instruct staff to process a land development code amendment to establish the Heritage Overlay District.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/24/2007	5	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass
6/19/2007	4	Community Development Committee	Approved as Recommended
4/10/2007	2	Community Development Committee	Continued
1/23/2007	2	Community Development Committee	Approved as Recommended
11/14/2006	1	Community Development Committee	Approved as Recommended
9/25/2006	0	City Commission	Referred	Pass

Title
University Park Neighborhood - Heritage Neighborhood Designation (B)

The City Commission referred to the Community Development Committee the issue of Heritage Neighborhood Designation for the University Park Neighborhood. The Committee has discussed the referral, and recommends that the City Commission instruct staff to process a land development code amendment to establish the Heritage Overlay District.

Explanation
Heritage Districts are overlay districts that use special regulations to protect, conserve, and generally stabilize single-family residential neighborhoods with special architectural features. The Future Land Use, Housing, and Urban Design Elements of the Comprehensive Plan contain policies calling for the study and adoption, as needed, of Heritage Neighborhoods.

On September 25, 2006, the City Commission referred this issue to the Community Development Committee. Planning and legal staff researched Heritage Districts in other cities around the state and the nation, and met with the University Park Neighborhood Association Board of Directors. The Community Development Committee discussed Heritage Districts on November 14, 2006; January 23, 2007; and June 19, 2007.

Typically, a city adopts an enabling ordinance that establishes a Heritage District designation, describes what is or can be regulated within a Heritage District, and describes procedures and criteria for applying the district to a particular area. This process is similar to the recently enacted Residential Parking Overlay District. An example, from Lexington, Kentucky, of Heritage District enabling regulations is provided as back up for this agenda item. In this case, the Community Development Committee recommends that the City Commission begin the process by instructing staff to process a land development code amendment to establish the Heritage Overlay District.

Fiscal Note
None

Recommendation
Community Development Committee to the City Commission: ...