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REZONING - 1500 NORTHWEST 45TH AVENUE (B)
Ordinance No. 0-09-59, Petition No. PZ-09-60ZON
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Zoning Map Atlas and rezoning certain property, as more specifically described in this Ordinance, from the City of Gainesville zoning categories of "BUS: General business district"; "RSF-1: 3.5 units/acre single-family residential district"; "RMF-5: 12 units/acre single-family/multiple-family residential district"; and "RMF-6: 8-15 units/acre multiple-family residential district" to "CON: Conservation district"; consisting of approximately 61.6 acres; located in the vicinity of 1500 Northwest 45th 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
This is a quasi-judicial item. The subject property is approximately 61.6 acres and includes the two tax parcels. Tax parcel 07883-010-005 is approximately 61.24 acres in size, but only 52.44 acres are part of this petition. The remaining acreage is part of two related petitions (PZ-09-61 LUC and PZ-09-62 ZON) to change land use and zoning to Recreation and PS (Public services and operations district). The vacant parcel of approximately 52.44 acres is located roughly north of N.W. 45th Avenue, east of N.W. 19th Street, south of N.W. 53rd Avenue and the Home Depot store at 5150 N.W. 13th Street, and west of the commercial parcels that front on N.W. 13th Street. Tax parcel 07883-010-004 is approximately 9.16 acres and lies southeast of the Home Depot store on N.W. 13th Street. It is currently vacant but was once part of a mobile home dealership.
The City of Gainesville purchased the subject property in 2008 with the help of the Florida Communities Trust, a division of the Department of Community Affairs (DCA). In accordance with the grant award agreement between th...
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