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File #: 150607.    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reading
File created: 12/2/2015 In control: City Attorney
On agenda: 1/7/2016 Final action:
Title: QUASI-JUDICIAL - HISTORIC PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION - 825 NE 3rd AVENUE (B) Ordinance No. 150607 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, finding that property located at 825 NE 3rd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida, as more specifically described in this ordinance, qualifies for an ad valorem tax exemption for historic properties; granting an exemption from ad valorem tax for certain improvements beginning January 1, 2016, and continuing for 10 years under certain conditions; authorizing the Mayor and the Clerk of the Commission to sign the Historic Preservation Property Tax Exemption Covenant between the property owner and the City; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
Attachments: 1. 150607A_draft ordinance_20160107.pdf, 2. 150607-MOD_staff ppt_20160107.pdf, 3. 150607_Ordinance_20160121.pdf, 4. 150607_tax exempt covenant_20160121.pdf
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
1/21/20162 City Commission Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the RecommendationPass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/7/20162 City Commission Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance) and Approved the RecommendationPass Action details Meeting details Not available
title
QUASI-JUDICIAL - HISTORIC PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION - 825 NE 3rd AVENUE (B)

Ordinance No. 150607
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, finding that property located at 825 NE 3rd Avenue, Gainesville, Florida, as more specifically described in this ordinance, qualifies for an ad valorem tax exemption for historic properties; granting an exemption from ad valorem tax for certain improvements beginning January 1, 2016, and continuing for 10 years under certain conditions; authorizing the Mayor and the Clerk of the Commission to sign the Historic Preservation Property Tax Exemption Covenant between the property owner and the City; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.

recommendation
The City Commission: 1) approve Part 2 of the Historic Preservation Property Tax Exemption Application; and 2) adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT

Chapter 25, Article IV, of the Code of Ordinances authorizes the City Commission to grant ad valorem tax exemptions for historic properties pursuant to Florida law. In order to approve a property for such exemption, the Historic Preservation Board (HPB) and the City Commission must determine that a particular property is eligible for the property tax exemption (i.e., historical designation or contributing property) and that it has been improved consistent with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.

The process for a property owner to receive a historic preservation property tax exemption entails two steps. First, the property owner submitted Part 1 (Preconstruction Application) of the Historic Preservation Property Tax Exemption Application for the restoration, renovation or rehabilitation of a contributing residential building in the Northeast Residential Historic District. Part 1 was approved by the HPB on October 7, 2014, with a ...

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