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REZONING - 3600 S.W. 14TH PLACE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-05-64, Petition No. 33ZON-05PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property annexed into the City from the Alachua County zoning category of "A, agricultural district" to the City of Gainesville zoning category of "RMF-5: 12 units/acre single-family/multiple-family residential district"; located in the vicinity of 3600 Southwest 14th Place; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission: 1) approve Petition No. 33ZON-05PB; and 2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
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STAFF REPORT
The subject property is 8.7 acres, is vacant, and was annexed into the city in 2004. This property must be brought into conformance with the City's land development regulations. This requires amending the City's zoning map atlas to include this property. This petition would amend the City's zoning map atlas.
The property currently has a county zoning designation of Agriculture.
Property owned by the University of Florida with Education (ED) zoning is to the east. County R-3 (multi-family residential) zoning is south of the property. A vacant property which carries a County Agriculture zoning is adjacent to the west and north.
Over 90 percent of the 8.7 acres consists of designated wetlands, and over 90 percent of the property is within the floodplain.
Because the character of nearby properties is compatible and because the property borders the University of Florida campus, this property is most suitably given a RMF-5 zoning.
The Plan Board heard the petition and recommended approval.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on May 3, 2005. Letters were mailed to surrounding property owners on May 4, 2005. The Plan Board held a public hearing May 19, 2005. Planning Division staff recommended that the Plan Board approve the pet...
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