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LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE - ICE MANUFACTURING/VENDING MACHINES AS SPECIALLY REGULATED USE (B)
Ordinance No.110112; Petition No. PB-11-55 TCH
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida; by creating and adding Section 30-120 to the Land Development Code by adding Ice Manufacturing/Vending Machines as a specially regulated use; as more specifically set forth in this ordinance; providing directions to the City Manager; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
STAFF REPORT
This petition proposes an amendment to Article VI of the Land Development Code to add a new specially regulated use of Ice Manufacturing/Vending Machines. This would be codified as Sec. 30-120.
The petitioner, East Coast Ice, has provided a document with proposed language for the new Sec. 30-120. That document also contains various photos of various buildings already in place in locations and schematics showing the ability to screen machinery.
Staff has reviewed the petitioner's draft language, and while there are some areas of agreement, staff finds that the petitioner's proposed requirements do not adequately protect the City's design and aesthetic principles as embodied in the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code. The section in the Staff Report labeled "Recommended Changes to Article VI. Requirements for Specially Regulated Uses" indicates staff's recommended requirements for this use as the preferred alternative to the draft proposed by the petitioner.
In addition, the petitioner's draft language included allowing the use by Special Use Permit in the MU-1 (8-30 units/acre mixed-Use Low Intensity); MU-2 (12-30 units/acre mixed use medium intensity); UMU-1 (up to 75 units/acre urban mixed-use district); UMU-2 (up to 100 units/acre urban mixed-use district); and CCD (up to 150 units/acre central city dis...
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