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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD - REZONING (B)
ORDINANCE NO. 0-03-36, PETITION NO. 115ZON-02PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain properties within the City from "OR: (20 units/acre office residential district)" and "MD: Medical services district" to "RH-2: 8-100 unit/acre residential high density district" and "MU-1: 10-30 units/acre mixed use low intensity"; in the area generally bounded on the North by West University Avenue, bounded on the South by S.W. 3rd Avenue, bounded on the East by S.W. 6th Street and bounded on the West by S.W. 10th Street, as more specifically described in the ordinance; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMORANDUM
At its November 21, 2002 meeting, the City Plan Board continued this petition and asked staff to return with a revised proposal for this petition. The Board asked that the MU-1 zoning proposed along SW 2nd Avenue be removed due to concerns about excessive commercialization along SW 2nd Avenue.
Staff has revised the proposed rezonings by using the following criteria:
1. Remove proposed MU-1 zoning along SW 2nd Avenue.
2. Continue to evaluate rezonings in the study area with the assumption that additional MU-1 (mixed use) zoning and RH-2 (high-density residential) zoning is desirable in the area, and that MU-1 zoning is preferable to RH-2 zoning, since it provides more flexibility in allowable uses.
3. Do not create non-conformities on non-Shands properties. Such property owners have not requested a zoning change, and as a matter of fairness, should not be obligated to have their property made non-conforming.
Staff studied an area in the northeastern portion of the University Heights neighborhood where a concentration of Shands ownership exist...
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