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REZONING - 837 SOUTHEAST 7TH AVENUE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-06-84, Petition No. 41ZON-06PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City from “RSF-4: 8 units/acre single-family residential district” to “PS: Public services and operations district”; to allow for a museum and cultural center, without approval of a preliminary site plan; located in the vicinity of 837 Southeast 7th Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
STAFF REPORT
This is an application to rezone approximately 1.84 acres from RSF-4 to PS. The subject parcel is located in Southeast Gainesville's Springhill neighborhood. The subject parcel is the northern half of a block bounded by Southeast 8th Street on the west, Southeast 9th Street on the east, Southeast 8th Avenue on the south, and Southeast 7th Avenue on the north.
The purpose of this request is to allow the vacant historic buildings on the site to be redeveloped as a museum and cultural center. The largest building on the site was moved to its current location after World War II and has been used as a movie theater, nightclub and storage building. In the past, this one-story wood frame building has been known as the Perryman Theater, Cotton Club and the Blue Note. The property's owner is working with the University of Florida to restore the site for use as a museum, gift shop, and neighborhood activity center.
The subject property also contains five other vacant one-story structures. Those structures are four small wood frame houses and the former Perryman Grocery Store.
The subject property and all surrounding properties are zoned RSF-4, and are designated RL, Residential Low-Density (up to 12 units/acre) on the Comprehensive Plan's Future Land Use Map. This area of the city is domin...
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