City of Gainesville - File #: 150559.

• File #: 150559.
• Version: 4
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 11/19/2015
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 1/21/2016
• Final action: 2/4/2016
• Title: VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY - UNIMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE 500-700 BLOCK OF SW 6TH STREET (B) Ordinance No. 150559; Petition PB-15-121 SVA An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, to vacate, abandon, and close an unimproved public right-of-way on property currently used as the SW 5th Avenue Stormwater Park that is generally located in the 500-700 block of SW 6th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/4/2016	4	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading, as revised (Ordinance)	Pass
1/21/2016	3	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading, as revised (Ordinance)	Pass
1/7/2016	2	City Commission	Approved (Petition)	Pass

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VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY - UNIMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IN THE 500-700 BLOCK OF SW 6TH STREET (B)

Ordinance No. 150559; Petition PB-15-121 SVA

An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, to vacate, abandon, and close an unimproved public right-of-way on property currently used as the SW 5th Avenue Stormwater Park that is generally located in the 500-700 block of SW 6th Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation

The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance as revised.

explanation

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT

This ordinance vacates an unimproved public right-of-way within a 5.5-acre, City-owned property that is used as a passive recreation park (SW 5th Avenue Stormwater Park) and is located southwest of the intersection of SW 5th Avenue and SW 6th Street.  This park contains a master stormwater basin that provides water quality treatment.  The property is undeveloped except for the master stormwater basin that is surrounded by a paved pedestrian path.  It is adjacent to the City's Tumblin Creek Park to the south, which has active and passive recreation components.  It is adjacent to multi-family development to the northwest, and to multi-family development to the southwest across Tumblin Creek.

The public right-of-way to be vacated consists of segments of platted streets with a combined area of approximately 1.27 acres.  These street segments are "paper streets" that were never improved or maintained as public right-of-way, and there are no prospects for them to become local streets.  Staff recommends approval of this vacation of public right-of-way based on criteria for the vacation of public streets or public places found in Section 30-192 of the Land Development Code and Policy 10.2.1 of the Transportation Mobility Element of the Comprehensive Plan.  The City Plan Board held a public hearing on December 1, 2015, and recommended approval of this request to vacate the subject public right-of-way.  On January 7, 2016, the City Commission approved the petition to vacate the subject public right-of-way.

CITY ATTORNEY MEMORANDUM

This ordinance requires two readings and will become effective immediately upon adoption.