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LAND USE - NORTH MAIN STREET (B)
ORDINANCE NO. 0-04-15, PETITION 157LUC-03PB
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF GAINESVILLE 2000-2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP; BY CHANGING THE LAND USE CATEGORY OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM "MIXED-USE MEDIUM-INTENSITY (12-30 UNITS PER ACRE)" TO "COMMERCIAL"; LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE 2500 BLOCK OF NORTH MAIN STREET; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
recommendation
The City Commission: 1) approve Petition 157LUC-03PB; and 2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
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STAFF REPORT
This petition is related to zoning Petition 158ZON-03 PB. The approximately 0.82 acre vacant property is located on the west side of North Main Street on the southwest corner of North Main Street and Northeast 1st Boulevard. The property is zoned MU-2 (12-30 units/acre mixed-use medium intensity) with MUM (Mixed-Use Medium Intensity, 12-30 units per acre) land use. To the north of the site is Main Street Chevrolet, a new and used car dealership with BA (Automotive-oriented business district) zoning and C (Commercial) land use. To the south and west of the property is a community shopping center with MU-2 zoning and MUM land use. East of the property across North Main Street is Bush Gator Transmission and The Florida Buffet, also with MU-2 zoning and MUM land use.
The request of this petition is to change the land use from MUM to C. This change is requested in order to allow for the development of services related to and compatible with adjacent BA zoning uses, on the subject property.
The property is located in an area identified as a Superfund site. Any development on the site will have to be approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and any agency having regulatory authority over the site. All issues related to contamination, Wellfield protection and health and sa...
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