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ANNEXATION - NORTHWEST - AREA 3 (B)
Ordinance No.120308
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing a portion of the City of Gainesville Reserve Area pursuant to Chapter 90-496, as amended, Special Act, Laws of Florida, known as the Alachua County Boundary Adjustment Act; making certain findings; annexing to include within the corporate limits of the City of Gainesville, Florida, certain compact and contiguous area generally located: west of NW 43rd Street, east of NW 51st Street (shown on the plat of Huntington Phase 6 as recorded in Plat book "S", Page 48 of the public records of Alachua County, Florida), north of the current city limits at tax parcel No. 06061-003-003 and Bellamy Forge Condominiums and south of the current city limits at the south line of the northeast quarter of Section 22, Township 9 South, Range 19 East and the county drainage easement & right of way lying immediately north of Rustlewood as recorded in Plat Book "K", page 52 ("Area 3"); providing for inclusion of the area in Appendix I of the City Charter; providing for a referendum election; providing directions to the City Manager and Clerk of the Commission; providing ballot language; providing for land use plan, zoning and subdivision regulations, and enforcement of same; providing for persons engaged in any occupation, business, trade or profession; providing a severability clause; and providing effective dates.
recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
Prior to the annexation of area into a municipality, the Alachua County Boundary Adjustment Act ("Act") requires municipalities to prepare and adopt by nonemergency ordinance a report setting forth plans to provide urban services to the reserve area to be annexed. Following the adoption of the Urban Services Report, municipalities must adopt an annexation ordinance. Then, in the case of a non-voluntary annexation, the Act requires a referendum at the next regularly schedu...
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