Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  2/13/2018

SUBJECT:  Minor Subdivision / Final Plat: Replat of Lots 1 & 4, Block 14, Alachua Realty Co.'s Addition to the City of Alachua, Fla. - A request by Clay Sweger, AICP, LEED AP, of EDA Engineers - Surveyors - Planners, Inc., applicant and agent for Guru Kuli Holding, LLC, and Govinda Carol and Mahendra Kumar Sharma, property owners, to subdivide the subject property into a total of 4 lots. A portion of Tax Parcel No. 03095-000-000 & Tax Parcel No. 03095-001-000 (Quasi-Judicial Hearing).

PREPARED BY:  Justin Tabor, AICP

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board transmit the final plat to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve, subject to the one (1) condition provided in Exhibit “A” and located on Page 16 of the February 13, 2018 Staff Report to the Planning & 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 transmits the application to the City Commission, with a recommendation to approve, subject to the one (1) condition provided in Exhibit “A” and located on Page 16 of the February 13, 2018 Staff Report to the Planning & Zoning Board.

Summary

This application is a request by Clay Sweger, AICP, LEED AP, of EDA Engineers – Surveyors – Planners, Inc., applicant and agent for Guru Kuli Holding, LLC, and Govinda Carol and Mahendra Kumar Sharma, property owners, for a request to replat Lots 1 and 4, Block 14, of Alachua Realty Co.’s Addition to the City of Alachua, Fla., as per the plat thereof recorded in Plat Book “A”, Page 100, of the Public Records of Alachua County, Florida, into a total of four (4) lots.

The subject property is comprised of ±1.34 acres, and is located to the west of NW 141^st Street, one block south of the intersection of NW 165^th Place and NW 141^st Street. The subject property presently has a manufactured home located on Lot 4 (Tax Parcel 03095-001-000). The application materials include a survey of the property, depicting the location of the existing manufactured home. The existing manufactured home would meet the setback requirements for the lot to be created – Lot 4A – should the replat be approved.

The proposed subdivision is within the City’s potable water and sanitary sewer service areas, and therefore, any future development on the proposed lots would be required to connect to these systems. The applicant has submitted to the Suwannee River Water Management District to confirm the project is exempt from SRWMD permitting requirements. Staff has proposed a condition which would require confirmation from SRWMD that the project is exempt and that an Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) is not required for the project prior to the approval of the final plat. An analysis of the development’s impact on other public facilities is provided within the Staff Report, attached to this agenda item.

The project meets the criteria established within Section 2.4.10(F)(1) of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) for review as a Minor Subdivision. In accordance with Section 2.4.10(F)(2), Minor Subdivisions are exempt from preliminary plat and construction plan review, but are required to obtain final plat approval. This application represents the final plat for the project.

Section 2.4.10(F)(3) establishes the standards for the approval of a minor subdivision. An analysis of the application’s compliance with the applicable standards of this section is provided within the attached Staff Report.