City of Gainesville - File #: 170256.

• File #: 170256.
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/27/2017
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 10/5/2017
• Final action: 11/2/2017
• Title: VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION - 8.33 ACRES OF PROPERTY ALONG SW 20TH AVENUE (B) Ordinance No. 170256 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 8.33 acres of privately-owned property that is generally located south of Sugarfoot Oaks Subdivision, west of SW 61st Terrace, north of SW 20th Avenue, and east of Parcel 06675-004-000, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owners pursuant to Chapter 171, Florida Statutes; making certain findings; providing for inclusion of the property in Appendix I of the City Charter; providing for land use plan, zoning, and subdivision regulations, and enforcement of same; providing for persons engaged in any occupation, business, trade, or profession; providing directions to the Clerk of the Commission; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/2/2017	2	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
10/5/2017	2	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
8/17/2017	1	City Commission	Approved as Recommended

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VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION - 8.33 ACRES OF PROPERTY ALONG SW 20TH AVENUE (B)

Ordinance No. 170256
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 8.33 acres of privately-owned property that is generally located south of Sugarfoot Oaks Subdivision, west of SW 61st Terrace, north of SW 20th Avenue, and east of Parcel 06675-004-000, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owners pursuant to Chapter 171, Florida Statutes; making certain findings; providing for inclusion of the property in Appendix I of the City Charter; providing for land use plan, zoning, and subdivision regulations, and enforcement of same; providing for persons engaged in any occupation, business, trade, or profession; providing directions to the Clerk of the Commission; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

recommendation

The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.

explanation

This ordinance, at the request of the property owners of the subject property, will annex into the corporate limits of the City of Gainesville approximately 8.33 acres of privately-owned property that is generally located south of Sugarfoot Oaks Subdivision, west of SW 61st Terrace, north of SW 20th Avenue, and east of Parcel 06675-004-000. At the request of the property owners seeking annexation into the City of Gainesville, the City Commission on August 17, 2017, received and accepted a petition for voluntary annexation of the property and directed the City Attorney to prepare an annexation ordinance.

Municipal annexation in Florida is governed by the Municipal Annexation or Contraction Act (the "Act"), which is found in Chapter 171, Florida Statutes. Section 171.044, F.S., sets forth the requirements and procedure for voluntary annexation, whereby property owners may voluntarily request a municipality to include their property within the corporate limits of that m...