Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  9/13/2016

SUBJECT:  Sanctuary Oaks Final Plat: A request by Causseaux, Hewett, & Walpole, Inc., applicant and agent for Pamela Neff, property owner, for consideration of the subdivision of a ±37 acre subject property into 6 lots. Tax Parcel No. 05936-004-000 (Quasi-Judicial Hearing)

PREPARED BY:  Adam Hall, AICP

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board transmit the final plat to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve by making the following motion:

Based upon the competent substantial evidence presented at this hearing, the presentation before this Board, and Staff’s recommendation, this Board finds the application to be consistent with the City of Alachua Comprehensive Plan and in compliance with the Land Development Regulations and transmits the application to the City Commission, with a recommendation to approve.

Summary

This application is a request by Thomas Bon, PSM, of Causseaux, Hewett, & Walpole, Inc., applicant and agent for Pamela P. Neff, property owner, for the approval of a final plat to subdivide a ± 37 acre tract of land into a total of 6 lots.

The subject property currently has two single family residential structures and several accessory structures. The subject property is located south of US Highway 441 (MLK ), east of the Turkey Creek community and Turkey Creek Hammock Preserve, west of Brooke Pointe subdivision, and along NW 59th Terrace at 9809 NW 59th Terrace. The proposed subdivision is outside of the City’s potable water and sanitary sewer service areas. Connections are not required to these systems. Each lot will be served by well and septic. An environmental resource permit from the Suwannee River Water Management District has been provided by the applicant (ERP-001-227671-2). An analysis of the development’s impact on other public facilities is provided within this report. Section 2.4.10(G)(2) of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) establishes the requirements for a plat. An analysis of the application’s compliance with the applicable standards of this section has been provided within this report.