Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  6/14/2022

SUBJECT:  Special Exception Permit - Alachua Tire – Automobile Repair and Servicing: A request by Ryan Thompson, AICP of CHW, Inc., applicant and agent for Concept Development, LLC, property owner, for consideration of a Special Exception Permit to allow an automobile repair and servicing use in the Commercial Intensive (CI) zoning district, located at northeast of the intersection of US 441 and NW 161st Terrace; Consisting of Tax Parcel Number 03049-003-000; FLUM: Commercial; Zoning: Commercial Intensive (CI). (Quasi-Judicial Hearing)

PREPARED BY:  Adam Hall, AICP, Principal Planner

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board approve the Special Exception Permit for an automobile repair and servicing use on Tax Parcel 03049-003-000, subject to the three (3) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” and located  on page 13 of the June 14, 2022 Staff Report to the Planning and Zoning Board, 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 Special Exception Permit for an automobile repair and servicing use on Tax Parcel 03049-003-000, subject to the three (3) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” and located on page   13 of the June 14, 2022 Staff Report to the Planning and Zoning Board.

Summary

The proposed Special Exception Permit is a request by Ryan Thompson, AICP of CHW, Inc.., applicant and agent for Concept Development, LLC, property owner, for consideration of a Special Exception Permit for to allow an automobile repair and servicing use within the CI (Commercial Intensive) zoning district.

Table 4.1-1 of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) establishes the uses permitted within each zoning district. Automobile repair and servicing uses are permitted by Special Exception Permit in the CI zoning district.

Section 2.4.4(A) of the City’s LDRs states that uses that require a Special Exception Permit are those which are, “…generally compatible with the other uses permitted in a zone district, but require individual review of their location, design, configuration, density, intensity, and public facility impact to determine the appropriateness of the use on any particular site in the district and their compatibility with adjacent uses.”  Once a Special Exception is granted, the approval shall run with the land and shall not be affected by a change in ownership, unless specifically conditioned as part of the approval.

Automobile repair and servicing uses are subject to Use-Specific Standards provided in Section 4.3.4(A)(2) of the City’s LDRs. An analysis of this application’s compliance with the standards established in Section 4.3.4(A)(2) is provided within this report.

This Special Exception Permit application is a companion application to an application for the Alachua Tire site plan application. The Alachua Tire Site Plan is included with the Special Exception Permit application to demonstrate compliance with the standards for a Special Exception Permit. The proposed site plan indicates that the primary use of the site will be tire sales and installation, which is permitted within the CI zoning district. However, the use will also include automotive repair and servicing that is non-tire related.