City of Gainesville - File #: 140380.

• File #: 140380.
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/2/2014
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 6/18/2015
• Final action: 6/18/2015
• Title: QUASI-JUDICIAL - REZONING - GRU DEERHAVEN GENERATING STATION AREA (B) Ordinance No. 140380; Petition No. PB-14-74 ZON An ordinance amending the Zoning Map Atlas of the City of Gainesville, Florida, by rezoning approximately 2,327.59 acres of property that is generally located west of State Road 121 and north and east of the GRU Deerhaven Generating Station, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Alachua County Agriculture District (A) to City of Gainesville Public Services and Operations District (PS); providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/18/2015	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
4/2/2015	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass

title
QUASI-JUDICIAL - REZONING - GRU DEERHAVEN GENERATING STATION AREA (B)

Ordinance No. 140380; Petition No. PB-14-74 ZON

An ordinance amending the Zoning Map Atlas of the City of Gainesville, Florida, by rezoning approximately 2,327.59 acres of property that is generally located west of State Road 121 and north and east of the GRU Deerhaven Generating Station, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Alachua County Agriculture District (A) to City of Gainesville Public Services and Operations District (PS); providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT

This ordinance will rezone approximately 2,327.59 acres of property adjacent to the GRU Deerhaven Generating Station from Alachua County Agriculture District (A) to City of Gainesville Public Services and Operations District (PS). This subject property is City-owned and GRU-managed, undeveloped, commercially forested property that is generally located in the northern periphery of the City west of State Road 121 and north and east of the Deerhaven Generating Station (which is immediately ease of US 441). The subject property is located within a regulated Floridan Aquifer High Recharge Area, with a majority of the property also located within a regulated Strategic Ecosystem (Hague Flatwoods), and contains extensive wetlands and several listed species throughout.

The property was incrementally acquired by the City in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005, and the majority of the property was annexed in 2007 (except for two relatively small parcels that were annexed in 2013). The purchase of the land did not include the underlying timber rights (except for a 50.8-acre portion) that were retained in perpetuity by Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., although the City does have the option to ...