City of Gainesville - File #: 190974.

• File #: 190974.
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/5/2020
• In control: City Attorney
• On agenda: 1/21/2021
• Final action: 1/21/2021
• Title: Voluntary Annexation - 4.25 Acres of City-Owned Property located South of GRU Water Reclamation Facility (B) Ordinance No. 190974 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 4.25 acres of city-owned property generally located south of Gainesville Regional Utilities' Water Reclamation Facility, west of Lake Kanapaha, north of Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, and east of SW 63rd Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owner(s) 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 City Clerk; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/21/2021	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
1/7/2021	2	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
2/20/2020	1	City Commission	Approved as Recommended

title
Voluntary Annexation - 4.25 Acres of City-Owned Property located South of GRU Water Reclamation Facility (B)

Ordinance No. 190974

An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, annexing approximately 4.25 acres of city-owned property generally located south of Gainesville Regional Utilities' Water Reclamation Facility, west of Lake Kanapaha, north of Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, and east of SW 63rd Street, as more specifically described in this ordinance, as petitioned for by the property owner(s) 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 City Clerk; 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 will annex into the corporate limits of the City of Gainesville approximately 4.25 acres of city-owned property south of GRU's Water Reclamation Facility, west of Lake Kanapaha, north of Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, and east of SW 63rd Street. On February 20, 2020, the City Commission received and accepted a petition for voluntary annexation 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, Section 171.044, F.S., sets forth the following substantive requirements for volunt...