City of Gainesville - File #: 110247.

• File #: 110247.
• Version: 1
• Name: LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE - CENTRAL CORRIDORS SPECIAL AREA PLAN (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/20/2011
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 11/3/2011
• Title: xt TEXT AMENDMENT - AMEND THE CENTRAL CORRIDORS AUTO-ORIENTED USE STANDARDS (B) Ordinance No. 110247; Petition No. PB-11-90 TCH An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Section 30-23 of the Land Development Code of the City of Gainesville by defining "service bay" and "service area entrance"; amending Appendix A, Section 5, Exhibit B. Central Corridors Special Area Plan of the Land Development Code, by revising the limitations on service bays for limited automotive services and deleting an obsolete graphics figure; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/3/2011	1	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
10/20/2011	1	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass

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TEXT AMENDMENT - AMEND THE CENTRAL CORRIDORS AUTO-ORIENTED USE STANDARDS (B)

Ordinance No. 110247; Petition No. PB-11-90 TCH
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending Section 30-23 of the Land Development Code of the City of Gainesville by defining "service bay" and "service area entrance"; amending Appendix A, Section 5, Exhibit B. Central Corridors Special Area Plan of the Land Development Code, by revising the limitations on service bays for limited automotive services and deleting an obsolete graphics figure; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
This Ordinance will allow for an increase in the number of service bays for limited automotive services uses in the Central Corridors Special Area Plan.

The Central Corridors Special Area Plan currently restricts "limited automotive services" (such as tire service and oil change centers) to a maximum of three service bays. This limitation on the number of service bays is intended to limit the noise and visibility impacts from lifts and other equipment, and from ongoing service to motor vehicles. This standard was written to address a building design where the service bays would be facing directly onto a street or adjacent property, but does not consider alternative designs that would orient service bays so that they are not directly exposed to the exterior of buildings. This ordinance will allow for an increase in the number of service bays for limited automotive service uses in the Central Corridors Special Area Plan, but only when they are designed so that the bays do not face the exterior of the building. The new language distinguishes between two options for designing limited automotive service buildings: 1) with a maximum of three...