title
Amending the Code of Ordinances Relating to the Board of Adjustment, Variances, Nuisance Abatement and Appeals Procedures (B)
Ordinance No. 190201
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Code of Ordinances to replace procedures currently in the code related to the Board of Adjustment, variances, nuisance abatement, and appeals procedures by amending Sections 2-213, 2-377, 16-22, 16-27, 16-28, 16-93; 16-95 through 16-99.2, 23-102, and 26-141; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
The City of Gainesville Board of Adjustment (which also served as the Nuisance Abatement Board) is no longer in service, and its functions need to be reassigned to other boards or offices. This ordinance updates the City's Code of Ordinances to reassign those functions and to update outdated language in regard to variances, nuisance abatement, and appeals procedures. Based on comments at first reading, and upon further review, revisions have been made to add "alleged" violator to pre-adjudication references to the party responsible for nuisances, and to retain the term "aggrieved party" for those who may appeal a decision of the special magistrate regarding nuisances.