City of Gainesville - File #: 210734.

• File #: 210734.
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: First Reading
• File created: 12/14/2021
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 9/1/2022
• Title: Voluntary Annexation - 9.945 Acres of Privately-Owned Property Generally Located Northwest of the Intersection of SW Williston Road and SW 13th Street (B) Ordinance No. 210734 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 9.945 acres of privately-owned property generally located northwest of the intersection of SW Williston Road and SW 13th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owner(s) pursuant to Chapter 171, Florida Statutes; making certain findings; providing for inclusion of the property in Appendix I of the City Charter; providing for land use plan, zoning, and subdivision regulations, and enforcement of same; providing for persons engaged in any occupation, business, trade, or profession; providing directions to the City Clerk; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
• Related files: 210733.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/20/2022	1	City Commission	Approved as Recommended

title
Voluntary Annexation - 9.945 Acres of Privately-Owned Property Generally Located Northwest of the Intersection of SW Williston Road and SW 13th Street (B)

Ordinance No. 210734

An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 9.945 acres of privately-owned property generally located northwest of the intersection of SW Williston Road and SW 13th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owner(s) pursuant to Chapter 171, Florida Statutes; making certain findings; providing for inclusion of the property in Appendix I of the City Charter; providing for land use plan, zoning, and subdivision regulations, and enforcement of same; providing for persons engaged in any occupation, business, trade, or profession; providing directions to the City Clerk; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
This ordinance will annex into the corporate limits of the City of Gainesville approximately 9.945 acres of privately-owned property generally located northwest of the intersection of SW Williston Road and SW 13th Street. On January 20, 2022, the City Commission received and accepted a petition for voluntary annexation and directed the City Attorney to prepare this annexation ordinance.

Municipal annexation in Florida is governed by the Municipal Annexation or Contraction Act (the "Act"), which is found in Chapter 171, Florida Statutes. Section 171.044, F.S., sets forth the requirements and procedure for voluntary annexation, whereby property owners may voluntarily request a municipality to include their property within the corporate limits of that municipality. Besides various procedural requirements, Section 171.044, F.S., sets forth the following substantive requirements for voluntary annexations: 1) the proposed annexation area must be "contiguous" to...