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REZONING - PORTION OF FOREST PARK (B)
Ordinance No. 100142, Petition No. PB-10-30ZON
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 zoning category of "RMF-6: 8-15 units/acre multiple-family residential district" to "CON: Conservation district"; located in the vicinity of South of S.W. 20th Avenue between I-75 and Forest Park; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
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The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF MEMORANDUM
The petitioner, the City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Department, requests a rezoning on land owned and maintained by the City. The parcel currently has split zoning with CON (Conservation) zoning on approximately half the property and a 12-acre portion designated RMF-6. Approval of the proposed change would result in the entire parcel being designated CON. This parcel is managed as part of a larger conservation area known as Forest Park.
Public notice was published in the Gainesville Sun on May 11, 2010. The City Plan Board held a public hearing May 27, 2010.