City of Gainesville - File #: 080850.

• File #: 080850.
• Version: 1
• Name: REZONING - N MAIN STREET (OLD FLORIDA BUFFET) (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/16/2009
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 8/6/2009
• Title: REZONING - N MAIN STREET (OLD FLORIDA BUFFET) (B) Ordinance No. 0-09-21, Petition No. PZ-08-126ZON An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from "MU-2: 12-30 units/acre mixed use medium intensity" to "BA: Automotive-oriented business district"; located in the vicinity of 2501 North Main Street; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/6/2009	1	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
7/16/2009	1	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
4/16/2009	0	City Commission	Approved (Petition)	Pass

title
REZONING - N MAIN STREET (OLD FLORIDA BUFFET) (B)

Ordinance No. 0-09-21, Petition No. PZ-08-126ZON
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from "MU-2: 12-30 units/acre mixed use medium intensity" to "BA: Automotive-oriented business district"; located in the vicinity of 2501 North Main Street; 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

This petition requests a rezoning from MU-2 (12-30 units/acre mixed use medium intensity district) to BA (Automotive-oriented business district) for one parcel located at 2501 North Main Street.

The subject property consists of one 2.43-acre parcel formerly occupied by a restaurant known as Ryan's Steakhouse and the Florida Buffet. This parcel is located north of the intersection of Main Street and 23rd Avenue, and contains one structure that has been vacant for approximately three years.

This parcel is part of a Neighborhood Activity Center identified in the Future Land Use Element Data and Analysis. These centers are part of a long range planning strategy that focuses mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly development and redevelopment at key intersections and employment centers. The Neighborhood Activity Center has been implemented at this intersection with the designation of approximately thirty acres, including the subject property, with mixed-use land use and zoning.

The Staff and the Plan Board recommended denial based on the conclusion that the requested zoning district is not compatible with the existing pattern of land use and zoning designations in this area. The subject property is surrounded on all sides with Mixed-use medium-intensity land use and MU-2 (Mixed use medium inten...