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LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT - TRADITIONAL CITY SPECIAL AREA PLAN AND COLLEGE PARK SPECIAL AREA PLAN (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-118; Petition 138TCH-06 PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Appendix A of the Land Development Code, relating to the Traditional City Special Area Plan and the College Park Special Area Plan; deleting references to College Park Special Area Plan in the Traditional City Special Area Plan; clarifying the parking standard in the Traditional City Special Area Plan; correcting the labels in the side setback graphic for the urban regulations for New Construction-Civic; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
The Traditional City Special Area Plan in the Gainesville Land Development Code previously applied a few special development standards as interim measures while the College Park Special Area Plan awaited a more thorough updating by a hired consultant. Now that the full update of the College Park Plan has been completed, a minor deletion of a paragraph is necessary in the Traditional City Plan so that it no longer applies special regulations to College Park.
In addition, staff would like to take this opportunity to clarify a provision in the Traditional City Plan which has created confusion recently regarding the location of off-street parking.
Finally, a correction is necessary in the College Park Special Area Plan. Under the "Civic" building type, two boxes labeled "office" should instead be labeled "residential."
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on September 5, 2006. The Plan Board held a public hearing September 21, 2006. Planning Division staff recommended that the Plan Board approve the petition. The Plan Board, by a 4-0 vote, recomm...
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