City of Gainesville - File #: 100690.

• File #: 100690.
• Version: 3
• Name: LAND USE CHANGE - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT - INNOVATION ZONE MAP (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/21/2011
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 7/21/2011
• Title: LAND USE CHANGE - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT - INNOVATION ZONE MAP (B) Ordinance No. 100690; Petition No.PB-10-138LUC&PB-10-140CPA An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element; amending the Intergovernmental Coordination Element by repealing the obsolete Innovation Zone Map and adopting the new Innovation Zone Map and adding it to the Future Land Use Map Series; amending Objective 1.7 of the Intergovernmental Coordination Element to reference the Innovation Zone Map in the Future Land Use Map Series; providing directions to the City Manager and the codifier; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2011	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading, as amended (Ordinance)	Pass
4/7/2011	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted (Ordinance) on Transmittal Hearing, as amended	Pass
3/17/2011	1	City Commission	Continued	Pass

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LAND USE CHANGE - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT - INNOVATION ZONE MAP (B)

Ordinance No. 100690; Petition No.PB-10-138LUC&PB-10-140CPA
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element; amending the Intergovernmental Coordination Element by repealing the obsolete Innovation Zone Map and adopting the new Innovation Zone Map and adding it to the Future Land Use Map Series; amending Objective 1.7 of the Intergovernmental Coordination Element to reference the Innovation Zone Map in the Future Land Use Map Series; providing directions to the City Manager and the codifier; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission: 1) receive the report of the Department of Community Affairs and; 2) adopt the proposed ordinance as revised.

explanation
STAFF REPORT

Petition No. PB-10-138LUC - This petition deletes the Innovation Zone map from the Intergovernmental Coordination Element and adds it to the Future Land Use Map Series to give the Innovation Zone a more prominent location in the Comprehensive Plan. In addition, several properties were deleted from the Innovation Zone, and several new properties were added. Some of the deletions/additions were to match property lines and/or streets to better clarify boundaries.

The areas that were added include the former Alachua County Fairgrounds site near the airport (known as the Alachua County Business Industrial Employment Center) and a portion of the Urban Village area proximate to SW 34th Street. Both of these areas have potential for new businesses that specialize in bringing innovative technologies or processes into production in various technology fields. This is consistent with both the Business Industrial land use adopted on the Alachua County site and the Urban Mixed Use-2 proposed for the Urban Village area. There were also some minor expansions in contiguous areas of the Innovation Z...