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LAND USE CHANGE - 5021 AND 4911 W UNIVERSITY AVENUE (B)
Ordinance No. 150305; Petition No. PB-15-73 LUC
An ordinance amending the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of approximately 2.84 acres of property generally located at 5021 and 4911 W University Avenue, as more specifically described in this ordinance, from Conservation (CON) to Single-Family (SF); 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 No. PB-15-73 LUC; and (2) adopt the proposed ordinance.
explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT
This ordinance will amend the Future Land Use Map of the City of Gainesville Comprehensive Plan by changing the land use category of the subject property from Conservation (CON) to Single-Family (SF). The subject property is 2.84 acres of property located at 5021 and 4911 W University Avenue, on the south side of unimproved W University Avenue and at the western edge of the Clear Lake single-family neighborhood. It is adjacent to the City's Clear Lake Nature Park to the west and to the City's Sugarfoot Prairie Conservation Area to the south. A single-family residence is located to the east of the subject property, and to the north, across unimproved W University Avenue, is a single-family residence and a townhome development (Mill Pond). The southerly one-half to two-thirds of the property is within regulated wetlands of the Hogtown Creek basin, and therefore is substantially constrained with respect to additional development potential.
Two single-family houses are located on the subject property, one on each of the two lots that make up the 2.84-acre property. These single-family houses are currently deemed legally nonconforming uses because although they existed prior to the property's annexation into the City in 19...
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