City of Gainesville - File #: 121035.

• File #: 121035.
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adoption Reading
• File created: 4/11/2013
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 6/20/2013
• Final action: 6/20/2013
• Title: LAND USE CHANGE - SMALL SCALE - APPROXIMATELY 1.86 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2001 NW 13TH STREET (B) Ordinance No. 121035; Petition No. PB-13-22 LUC An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Map and the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately 1.86 acres of property generally located at 2001 NW 13th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Commercial (C) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (MUL); 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
6/20/2013	2	City Commission	Adopted on Adoption Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the Recommendation	Pass

title
LAND USE CHANGE - SMALL SCALE - APPROXIMATELY 1.86 ACRES OF PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 2001 NW 13TH STREET (B)

Ordinance No. 121035; Petition No. PB-13-22 LUC
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, amending the Future Land Use Map and the Future Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately 1.86 acres of property generally located at 2001 NW 13th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Commercial (C) to Mixed-Use Low-Intensity (MUL); 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-13-22 LUC and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT

This requested small-scale land use change from Commercial to Mixed-use low-intensity (8-30 units per acre) pertains to a 1.86-acre property located at 2001 NW 13th Street. The property is developed and includes an automotive showroom at the front of the lot and a warehouse building at the rear that total approximately 30,456 square feet. This property was part of the former Brasington automotive dealership that closed in 2008. The property is currently used for used car sales.

This small-scale amendment, if approved, will facilitate future redevelopment of the property by changing the land use from Commercial to Mixed-use low-intensity (8-30 units per acre), which allows for residential use and various non-residential uses. As stated in Policy 4.1.1 of the Future Land Use Element, "This category allows a mixture of residential and non-residential uses such as standard lot single-family houses, small-lot single-family houses, duplex houses, townhouses (attached housing), accessory dwelling units, group homes, multi-family housing (if compatible in scale and character with other dwellings in the proposed neighborhood), of...