City of Gainesville - File #: 100760.

• File #: 100760.
• Version: 2
• Name: LAND USE CHANGE – AIRPORT PROPERTY (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/21/2011
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 7/21/2011
• Title: LAND USE CHANGE – AIRPORT PROPERTY (B) Ordinance No. 100760; Petition No. PB-11-12LUC An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map; by changing the land use category of certain property, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from the land use category of “Conservation” to “Business Industrial”; consisting of approximately 47.8 acres, located in the vicinity of 3801 Northeast Waldo Road; 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	2	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading, as amended (Ordinance)	Pass
4/21/2011	1	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted (Ordinance) on Transmittal Hearing	Pass

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LAND USE CHANGE – AIRPORT PROPERTY (B)

Ordinance No. 100760; Petition No. PB-11-12LUC
An Ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map; by changing the land use category of certain property, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from the land use category of “Conservation” to “Business Industrial”; consisting of approximately 47.8 acres, located in the vicinity of 3801 Northeast Waldo Road; 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

This petition is a large-scale land use amendment to change the Future Land Use designation on a 47.8-acre portion of a 48-acre parcel from the Conservation land use category to Business Industrial, leaving a 0.2-acre portion in the Conservation land use category since it serves to buffer an environmentally sensitive area on the neighboring parcel to the south. This parcel is located on NE Waldo Road north of NE 39th Avenue and is bounded by the Gainesville Regional Airport and the Alachua County Fairgrounds.

The subject property has been owned by the City of Gainesville since 1986, and is managed by the Gainesville Regional Airport. It is undeveloped and primarily consists of an open field, used occasionally for horse shows or overflow parking for special events. Amending the 47.8-acre portion of this parcel to the Business Industrial land use category is consistent with Plan East Gainesville, which was accepted by the City Commission in 2003, and the Gainesville Airport Authority's Master Planning Report, which was approved by the City Commission in August 2010 (Legistar number 100233). These plans include the construction of a new airport entry road from Waldo Road, which will be underway in early...