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SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING AND ESTABLISHING A RESIDENTIAL PARKING OVERLAY DISTRICT (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-62; Petition 70TCH-06 PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the City of Gainesville Land Development Code, Chapter 30; amending section 30-23 by defining the term “context area;” amending section 30-56, providing special regulations for off-street parking in the context area or any residential regulated parking overlay district; creating and adding a new section 30-56.1, providing for a new overlay district to be known as “Residential Parking Overlay District;” establishing the procedure and criteria for rezoning and imposing the overlay district; providing administrative remedy; amending section 30-330, making conforming changes; amending the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances, relating to fees; amending Appendix A, Land Development Code, section (2), Planning, by creating a fee for verifying signatures on a petition requesting imposition of a Residential Parking Overlay District; 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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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
In 1997, the City Commission approved an ordinance regulating off-street parking on single-family zoned properties in an area commonly referred to as the University of Florida Context Area (Context Area). The ordinance was adopted because disorderly yard parking was having a negative impact on single-family neighborhoods near the University. The ordinance was updated in March 2004 to close loopholes and improve enforcement.
Major provisions of the parking regulations within the Context Area require driveway and parking area borders to be permanent, clearly defined, affixed to the ground, and a minimum size. The regulations also require the submi...
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