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REZONING - OAKBROOK WALK (B)
Ordinance No. 0-08-11, Petition No. 88ZON-07PB
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 "Planned Development" to "UMU-1: Urban mixed use district 1"; located in the vicinity of 1331 SW 13th Street; retaining the Special Area Plan for Southwest 13th Street Overlay District classification; 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 request is to change the zoning on a parcel that is part of the Oakbrook Walk planned development to Urban Mixed-Use-1 (UMU-1). A related petition (132PDA-07PB) has been submitted to remove the subject property which is located at 1331 SW 13th Street from the planned development. Approval of Petition 88ZON-07PB is contingent upon approval of Petition 132PDA-07PB.
The current zoning on the subject property is PD (Planned Development). The current land use category is Urban Mixed-Use 1 (UMU-1: up to 75 units per acre). The proposed zoning of UMU-1 is fully consistent with the existing future land use category. The subject property is approximately 1.1 acre in size and it is located in the SW 13th Street Special Area Plan. A large portion of the parcel falls within the 10-year flood channel and some lies within the 100-year floodplain. This will severely limit future development potential for the parcel.
The subject property is currently improved with a structure containing three units. One unit serves as an office for Oakbrook Walk, and the other two units are apartments. This use is consistent with both the existing PD zoning and the proposed zoning.
In 2005 (Ordinance 041061), the City amended the Future Land Use Map and zoning of 550 acres of lan...
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