City of Gainesville - File #: 120806.

• File #: 120806.
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adoption Reading
• File created: 2/4/2013
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 5/2/2013
• Final action: 5/2/2013
• Title: LAND USE CHANGE - SMALL SCALE - APPROXIMATELY 0.62 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 717 & 721 SW 5TH AVENUE (B) Ordinance No. 120806; Petition No. PB-12-165 LUC An ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately 0.62 acres of property generally located at 717 and 721 SW 5th Avenue, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Residential High-Density (RH) to Urban Mixed-Use 2 (UMU-2) as to two parcels and from undesignated land use to Urban Mixed-Use 2 (UMU-2) as to a parcel of vacated right-of-way; providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/2/2013	2	City Commission	Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation	Pass

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LAND USE CHANGE - SMALL SCALE - APPROXIMATELY 0.62 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF 717 & 721 SW 5TH AVENUE (B)

Ordinance No. 120806; Petition No. PB-12-165 LUC
An ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately 0.62 acres of property generally located at 717 and 721 SW 5th Avenue, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Residential High-Density (RH) to Urban Mixed-Use 2 (UMU-2) as to two parcels and from undesignated land use to Urban Mixed-Use 2 (UMU-2) as to a parcel of vacated right-of-way; providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation

The City Commission: (1) approve Petition PB-12-165 LUC and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT

This petition/ordinance is a small-scale land use amendment that changes the future land use category of approximately 0.62 acres of property from Residential High-Density (RH) to Urban Mixed-Use 2 (UMU-2) and from undesignated land use to UMU-2. The subject property is generally located at 717 and 721 SW 5th Avenue, and until recently two of the parcels were the location of a vacant church building and parking lot. The third parcel was a right-of-way that was vacated by the City in Ordinance No. 030622 effective March 29, 2004. Related Ordinance No. 120807 will rezone the parcels to UMU-2 and add them to the University Heights area within the UMU-2 zoning district, and related Ordinance No. 120808 will remove the parcels from the University Heights Special Area Plan.

Both the existing RH land use category and the proposed UMU-2 land use category allow up to 100 dwelling units per acre for residential development. However, UMU-2 also allows a variety of non-residential uses that will increase the viability of any redevel...