City of Gainesville - File #: 150090.

• File #: 150090.
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/3/2015
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 11/19/2015
• Final action: 11/19/2015
• Title: QUASI-JUDICIAL - REZONING - PAYNES PRAIRIE SHEETFLOW RESTORATION PROJECT (B) ORDINANCE NO. 150090; Petition No. PB-15-14 ZON An ordinance amending the Zoning Map Atlas of the City of Gainesville, Florida, by rezoning approximately 258 acres of property that is generally located in the 3400 block of SW Williston Road and contains the Paynes Prairie Sheetflow Restoration Project and Sweetwater Wetlands Park, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Alachua County Conservation (C-1) to City of Gainesville Public Services and Operations District (PS); 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
11/19/2015	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
9/3/2015	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition) and Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass

title
QUASI-JUDICIAL - REZONING - PAYNES PRAIRIE SHEETFLOW RESTORATION PROJECT (B)

ORDINANCE NO. 150090; Petition No. PB-15-14 ZON
An ordinance amending the Zoning Map Atlas of the City of Gainesville, Florida, by rezoning approximately 258 acres of property that is generally located in the 3400 block of SW Williston Road and contains the Paynes Prairie Sheetflow Restoration Project and Sweetwater Wetlands Park, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Alachua County Conservation (C-1) to City of Gainesville Public Services and Operations District (PS); providing directions to the City Manager; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT

This ordinance will amend the City's Zoning Map Atlas by rezoning the Paynes Prairie Sheetflow Restoration Project (PPSRP) and Sweetwater Wetlands Park property (approximately 258 acres) from Alachua County Conservation (C-1) to City of Gainesville Public Services and Operations District (PS). The property is at the southern edge of the City, in the 3400 block of SW Williston Road. The City and State-owned land was voluntarily annexed on April 16, 2015, by Ordinance No. 140618.

The property is adjacent to undeveloped land (wooded uplands, wetlands) to the north and east, and undeveloped land (wetlands) to the south. Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is to the east, south and north (also to the north is the 125-acre Sweetwater Preserve, an Alachua County nature park). Undeveloped land (wooded uplands) is to the west. The adjacent lands to the north, south, east and west are in the Alachua County Preservation future land use category.

The PPSRP is a unique public utility project of the City of Gainesville and Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) that provides stormwater treatment, water quality enhancement and Floridan ...