City of Gainesville - File #: 120933.

• File #: 120933.
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/12/2013
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 5/16/2013
• Final action: 5/16/2013
• Title: LAND USE CHANGE - SMALL SCALE - APPROXIMATELY 2.8 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1303 NE 23rd AVENUE FROM RECREATION (REC) TO EDUCATION (E) (B) Ordinance No. 120933; Petition No. PB-13-007 LUC An ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately 2.8 acres of property generally located at 1303 NE 23rd Avenue, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Recreation (REC) to Education (E); 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
5/16/2013	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on Adoption Reading	Pass

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LAND USE CHANGE - SMALL SCALE - APPROXIMATELY 2.8 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 1303 NE 23rd AVENUE FROM RECREATION (REC) TO EDUCATION (E) (B)

Ordinance No. 120933; Petition No. PB-13-007 LUC
An ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately 2.8 acres of property generally located at 1303 NE 23rd Avenue, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Recreation (REC) to Education (E); 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-13-007 LUC and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT

This petition/ordinance is a small-scale land use amendment that changes the future land use category of approximately 2.8 acres of property from Recreation (REC) to Education (E). The subject property is generally located at 1303 NE 23rd Avenue. The site is the former location of the McGurn Family YMCA, and includes a large main building, smaller accessory structures, roofed and fenced basketball courts, a swimming pool, a wading pool and open space. This petition/ordinance is related to Ordinance No. 120934, which changes the zoning on the property from Public services and operations district (PS) to Educational services district (ED).

This petition/ordinance will allow the unoccupied site to be redeveloped into a charter school, because a charter school is not an allowable use within the current land use category or zoning district. All of the property adjacent to the site has Single-Family land use with single-family residential district (RSF-2) zoning. On the east and west side of the property are single-family homes. To the south of the property is vacant undeveloped land. North of the subject property across NE 23rd Avenue is a pl...