Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  11/18/2014

SUBJECT:  Site Plan: Alachua Market Place (QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING)

PREPARED BY:  Justin Tabor, AICP, Principal Planner

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board approve the Site Plan, subject to the five (5) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” of this Staff Report, upon 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 approves the Site Plan, subject to the five (5) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” of the November 18, 2014 Staff Report to the Planning & Zoning Board.

Summary

 The proposed site plan is a request by Sergio Reyes, PE, eda engineers-surveyors-planners, inc., agent for  Hipp Investments, LLC, applicant and property owner, and Windcrest Acquisitions, LLC, developer, for a new ±56,431 square foot building (±46,031 square foot grocery store and ±10,400 square foot retail) with associated drainage, paving, grading, and utility infrastructure improvements.

The subject property is ±12.73 acres in area and is located northwest of the intersection of NW US Highway 441 and NW 167^th Boulevard, east of Santa Fe High School, south of the Heritage Oaks subdivision, and northwest of Raceway gas station. Access to the subject property would be provided primarily by two (2) ingress/egress drives connecting to NW 167^th Boulevard, with a third service access along NW 167^th Boulevard, and by a right-in/right-out ingress/egress connection to NW US Highway 441.

Section 3.7.2(C) of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) establishes the US Highway 441/Interstate 75 Gateway Overlay District. The standards of this section apply to all lands within 2,000 feet of the radius of the center point of the interchange of US Highway 441 and Interstate 75 unless otherwise exempted by Section 3.7.2(C). While the parent tract (Tax Parcel 03053-001-001) is located within the Gateway Overlay District, the applicant has applied for and received approval of an application to divide the subject property from the parent tract pursuant to Subsection 2.4.10(B)(3)(f) of the City’s LDRs.