City of Gainesville - File #: 180416.

• File #: 180416.
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 9/26/2018
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 2/7/2019
• Final action: 2/21/2019
• Title: Voluntary Annexation - 5.07 Acres Located SW of the Intersection of NW 43rd ST and NW 39th AVE (B) Ordinance No. 180416 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 5.07 acres of privately-owned property that is generally located south of NW 39th Avenue, west of NW 45th Street, north of parcel number 06111-007-000, and east of parcel number 06112-010-046, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owner 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
2/21/2019	2	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
2/7/2019	2	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
10/18/2018	1	City Commission	Approved as Recommended

title
Voluntary Annexation - 5.07 Acres Located SW of the Intersection of NW 43rd ST and NW 39th AVE (B)

Ordinance No. 180416
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 5.07 acres of privately-owned property that is generally located south of NW 39th Avenue, west of NW 45th Street, north of parcel number 06111-007-000, and east of parcel number 06112-010-046, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owner 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 5.07 acres of privately-owned property generally located south of NW 39th Avenue, west of NW 45th Street, north of parcel number 06111-007-000, and east of parcel number 06112-010-046. On October 18, 2018, the City Commission received and accepted a petition for voluntary annexation of the property and directed the City Attorney to prepare this 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 municipality. Besides various procedural requirements, ...