Summary This application is a request by Stuart Cullen, P.E., of George F. Young, Inc., applicant and agent for Tara Village, Inc., property owner, for consideration of the preliminary plat of Tara Village, which proposes the subdivision of the ±21.83 acre subject property into a total of 20 lots, with associated right-of-way and common areas.
The subject property consists of Tax Parcel Numbers 03974-004-000 and 03974-005-000, and is located east of NW 157th Street, to the northeast of the intersection of NW 157th Street and NW 120th Place. The subject property is east of the Savannah Station Subdivision, northeast of the Pilot Forest Subdivision, south of Shady Lane Acres, an unrecorded survey, and west of Interstate 75. In spring 2017, NW 157th Street was improved from an unpaved, limerock surface to a paved, asphaltic surface.
The property is comprised of the Tara Village Planned Development – Residential (PD-R), which was approved in February 2017 by the adoption of Ordinance 17-03. The Tara Village PD-R permits maximum of 20 dwellings on the subject property. The subject property has a Moderate Density Residential Future Land Use Map Designation, and is also subject to Policy 1.2.a.1. of the City of Alachua Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Element, which limits the maximum density of the subject property to 0.93 dwelling units per acre (20 dwellings).
The Tara Village PD-R requires the development to provide a minimum 25 foot natural buffer along the project’s property boundary lines. The natural buffer is required to remain undisturbed in all areas and in its natural state, except where necessary to provide ingress/egress, stormwater management facilities (in certain areas only), and utility service to the project. The natural buffer is intended to provide for compatibility of the project with the densities of contiguous and nearby properties, which range in size from 1.98 acres to 6.35 acres in areas along the east side of NW 157th Street and north of NW 118th Avenue (located south of the subject property). The Preliminary Plat identifies the location of the required 25 foot buffer around the perimeter of the subject property.
Development within the proposed subdivision would connect to potable water and wastewater facilities. Stormwater for the proposed development would be conveyed to a retention basin to be located in the southwestern portion of the subject property. An analysis of the development’s impact on other public facilities, including transportation, potable water, sanitary sewer, solid waste, and public schools, is provided within the Staff Report attached hereto.
Section 2.4.10(G)(2) of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) establishes the requirements for a preliminary plat. An analysis of the application’s compliance with the applicable standards of this section has been provided within the Staff Report attached hereto.
On September 12, 2017, the Planning & Zoning Board (PZB) held a public hearing on the proposed Preliminary Plat of Tara Village. Following the close of the public hearing, the PZB voted 4-0 to transmit the Preliminary Plat of Tara Village to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve. Draft minutes of the September 12, 2017 PZB Meeting are included within the materials attached to this item.
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