New Gainesville commission votes to bring back single-family zoning
Single-family zoning may soon be coming back to Gainesville after a recent vote from new leadership on the City Commission.
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Single-family zoning may soon be coming back to Gainesville after a recent vote from new leadership on the City Commission.
Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward and three other commissioners were sworn into office Thursday, making a new majority of the City Commission.
The city of Gainesville held its swearing-in ceremony Thursday morning, officially inducting Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward and three commissioners into office.
The Gainesville City Commission will lose three decades of expereince with the departures of Lauren Poe, Adrian Hayes-Santos and David Arreola.
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity filed a suit against the city Nov. 28, looking to repeal the ordinance that would allow multi-unit apartment complexes to be built in traditionally single-unit housing neighborhoods. The suit comes just weeks after filings by local residents.