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LAND USE CHANGE - SMALL SCALE - APPROXIMATELY .04 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1126 NW 7TH AVENUE (B)
Ordinance No. 120524; Petition No. PB-12-110 LUC
An ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately .04 acres of property generally located at 1126 NW 7th Avenue, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Public Facilities (PF) to Residential Low-Density (RL); providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
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The City Commission: (1) approve Petition PB-12-110 LUC and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
This petition/ordinance is a small-scale future land use map amendment that changes the land use designation for approximately .04 acres of property from Public Facilities (PF) to Residential Low-Density (RL). The property is generally located at 1126 NW 7th Avenue and is a portion of Tax Parcel No. 13861-000-000, which is currently developed with an existing single-family residence.
In 1979, the City of Gainesville acquired the adjacent parcel (Tax Parcel No. 13862-000-000), which originally included the sliver of property under consideration by this petition/ordinance. That parcel was designated with the PF future land use category in 1991 and was zoned PS in 1992. The .04-acre portion was then split and sold in 2009 to the adjacent property owner (Legistar No. 090488) and is now a portion of the tax parcel that is developed with a single-family residence. Although this tax parcel otherwise has a RL future land use designation, the .04-acre portion has retained the PF future land use designation. Amending the land use designation for the .04-acre portion of the property to RL will create a single unified land use designation that is consistent with the current ...
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