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REZONING AND IMPOSING THE SIGNIFICANT ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES OVERLAY DISTRICT ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN SOUTHEAST GAINESVILLE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-58, Petition No. 23ZON-06PB(A)
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas by rezoning and imposing the Significant Ecological Communities Overlay District category on certain properties zoned RMF-5 (12 units/acre residential low density district), RMF-6 (8-15 units/acre multiple-family residential district), RSF-1 (3.5 units/acre single-family residential district), RSF-4 (8 units/acre single-family residential district), CON (Conservation district) and MU-1 (8-30 units/acre mixed use low intensity) consisting of Tax Parcels 11243-000-000, 11283-000-000, 11284-000-000, 11286-000-000, 11287-000-000, 11288-000-000, 11356-000,000 and 16073-000-000 (totaling approximately 47 acres in size), and generally located east of Southeast 24th Street between East University Avenue and Southeast Hawthorne Road, as more specifically described in this ordinance; making findings; providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission: (1) hear a presentation from staff; and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
On August 28, 2003, the City Plan Board made a final recommendation for a petition to the City Commission to establish a Significant Ecological Communities ordinance. The City Commission adopted this ordinance on second reading at their November 8, 2004 meeting.
The next step necessary to implement this ordinance was to rezone parcels ranked "outstanding" and "high" so that the Significant Ecological Communities regulations become an overlay to the land development regulations that apply to these parcels.
As an overlay district, the Significant Ecological Communities regulations ...
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