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Petition 50TCH-07 PB. Amend the Five Points Special Area Plan (B)
This item amends the Five Points Special Area Plan to prohibit additional uses, including Rehabilitation Centers and Social Service Homes or Halfway Houses.
Explanation
On August 8, 2005, the City Commission implemented one of the recommendations of Plan East Gainesville by establishing the Five Points Special Area Plan (SAP) Overlay Zoning District. On April 23, 2007, the City Commission directed staff to process a Land Development Code amendment petition to add Rehabilitation Centers and Social Service Homes or Halfway Houses to the list of prohibited uses in the Five Points SAP. The City Plan Board heard the petition on May 17, 2007. Consistent with staff's recommendation, the City Plan Board voted 6-0 to recommend that the City Commission approve the petition.
The ordinance was initially scheduled for first reading on the January 14, 2008 City Commission agenda, but was withdrawn and continued for further review and consideration by staff.
Staff requested that the item be withdrawn due to concerns that other uses which are similar to Rehabilitation Centers and Social Service Homes or Halfway Houses should be treated in the same manner. Staff has researched those other uses and now recommends that other similar additional uses be prohibited. Those uses are listed below:
· Social Services (MG-83);
· Residences for destitute people;
· Food distribution centers for the needy;
· Membership organizations (MG-86);
· Roominghouses and boardinghouses (GN-702); and
· Dormitories.
Like Rehabilitation Centers and Social Service Homes or Halfway Houses, the above uses primarily involve the provision of a service that is received outside of a permanent dwelling unit. While some of these uses may have a temporary residential component, they are not primarily a permanent residential use.
When considering the development of the Five Points Area, a review of Plan East Ga...
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