City of Gainesville - File #: 070544.

• File #: 070544.
• Version: 1
• Name: REZONING - FIRE STATION 8 (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adoption Reading
• File created: 1/14/2008
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 1/14/2008
• Title: REZONING - FIRE STATION 8 (B) Ordinance No. 0-07-90, Petition No. 85ZON-07PB An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City from "Planned Development District" to "PS: Public services and operations district"; by permitting a fire rescue station, with approval of a preliminary development plan; located in the vicinity of 3223 Northwest 42nd Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/14/2008	1	City Commission
10/22/2007	0	City Commission	Approved (Petition)	Pass

title
REZONING - FIRE STATION 8 (B)

Ordinance No. 0-07-90, Petition No. 85ZON-07PB
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property within the City from "Planned Development District" to "PS: Public services and operations district"; by permitting a fire rescue station, with approval of a preliminary development plan; located in the vicinity of 3223 Northwest 42nd Avenue; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMORANDUM

The subject property is the site of A Child's Place child care facility. The City adopted the zoning designation on the subject property by ordinance (Ordinance No. 2604) in 1981. Lots zoned RSF-2 (single-family residential district) and occupied by single-family dwellings abut on the north and east. A 6-foot wide strip of land zoned PD abuts on the south and separates the subject property from additional lots that are zoned RSF-2 and occupied by single-family dwellings. Northwest 34th Street abuts on the west. The land use designation is PUD (Planned Use District).

The subject property consists of 4.04 (MOL) acres. Applications have been filed to reduce the total acreage of the subject property zoned PD to 1.97 (MOL) acres, so that 2.07 (MOL) acres can be used for the construction of a City fire station and associated right-of-way. This petition involves rezoning 1.27 (MOL) acres of subject property to PS (Public services and operations district) for the construction of the City fire station. The remaining .80 (MOL) acres is proposed for the construction of associated right-of-way.

The 1.27 (MOL) acres proposed for the City fire station is located on the east (rear) side of the child care facility. Lots zoned RSF-2 and occupied by single-family dwellings abuts the property on the north an...