City of Gainesville - File #: 090738.

• File #: 090738.
• Version: 2
• Name: LAND USE CHANGE - DEPOT PARK (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adoption Reading
• File created: 10/21/2010
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 10/21/2010
• Title: LAND USE CHANGE – 900 S.E. 4TH STREET (DEPOT PARK) (B) Ordinance No. 0-10-03, Petition PB-09-133LUC An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; by changing the land use category of certain property, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from “Industrial” to “Public Facilities”; consisting of approximately 34 acres, located in the vicinity of 900 S.E. 4th Street, commonly known as Depot Park; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/21/2010	2	City Commission	Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation	Pass
3/18/2010	1	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted (Ordinance) on Transmittal Hearing	Pass

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LAND USE CHANGE – 900 S.E. 4TH STREET (DEPOT PARK) (B)

Ordinance No. 0-10-03, Petition PB-09-133LUC
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; by changing the land use category of certain property, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from “Industrial” to “Public Facilities”; consisting of approximately 34 acres, located in the vicinity of 900 S.E. 4th Street, commonly known as Depot Park; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission: (1) receive the report of the Department of Community Affairs; and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
STAFF REPORT

The properties that are the subject of this petition are part of the Depot Park Project, which is an effort to clean up and restore brownfield properties in the area of Depot Avenue and South Main Street. A brownfield is an abandoned, idle, or underused industrial or commercial site where redevelopment is hampered by environmental contamination. The City of Gainesville through Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) will clean up the environmental contamination, which was the result of a coal gasification plant operated on Depot Avenue across from the historic Depot building. The City will develop the site as a stormwater treatment facility to serve the downtown area, and as a public park to provide green space and recreation activities, that will provide an economic boost to this area of the community.

This petition is a request to change the Future Land Use designation from IND (Industrial) to PF (Public facilities) on the two parcels that will make up the Depot Park. Tax parcel 16004-000-000 is approximately 33 acres in size and makes up the vast majority of the 34-acre Depot Park project. The property currently has Industrial land use and as of September 3, 2009, a zoning designation of PS (Public services and operations district). The second p...