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TEXT CHANGE - BINDING RESOURCE DETERMINATION FOR REGULATED NATURAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES (B)
Ordinance No. 120642, Petition No. PB-12-113 TCH
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Land Development Code and the City Code of Ordinances related to regulated natural and archaeological resources; by amending Section 30-310 to create an optional binding resource determination process; by amending Section 30-353 to vest the plan board with the power to hear and be the final decision-making authority for binding resource determinations; amending Appendix A, Schedule of Fees, Rates and Charges to create fees for binding resource determinations; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF REPORT
On July 19, 2012, as part of the motion to approve the Natural Archaeological Resources Protection ordinance on first reading (Ordinance No. 110076), the City Commission directed staff to initiate a Plan Board petition to address the issue of predetermination of regulated natural and archaeological resources.
This draft ordinance provides for an optional, binding resource determination process. The process is intended to assist applicants, prior to any application for development, in determining if and where regulated natural and archaeological resources may be located on their property. It is not intended to include any review or determination of proposed set aside areas or mitigation. That would occur at the time of development review.
This ordinance proposes the use of a methodology agreement to assure the methodology of study and that the proper geographic area is being studied. The submitted study will be reviewed by staff and then submitted to the City Plan Board for final review and approval with a public hearing...
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