Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  3/13/2018

SUBJECT:  Land Development Regulations (LDR) Text Amendment - A request by the City of Alachua to amend, modify, or create the following Sections of the City of Alachua Land Development Regulations (LDRs): 1.4.5; 1.7.7; 2.2.2(C)(3); 2.2.3(E); 2.2.9(A); 2.2.15(B); 2.4.9(G); 2.4.10; 3.6.3(A)(5); 3.6.3(C)(5); 3.6.3(D)(5); 4.1.2; 4.4.2(D)(2); 4.5.6(D)(4); 6.1.3(N); 6.1.4(B)(2)(a) - (d); 6.8.1(B); 6.8.3(A)(1); and 10.2; and amending Tables 4.1-1 and 4.4-1 (Legislative Hearing).

PREPARED BY:  Justin Tabor, AICP

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that this Board find the proposed Text Amendments to the City’s Land Development Regulations to be consistent with the City of Alachua Comprehensive Plan and in compliance with the City’s Land Development Regulations and transmits such finding to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve.

Summary

In the process of implementing the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs), Staff has identified various subsections which are either challenging for Staff to implement, challenging for the application of the subsection to be met by a landowner / developer, or the subsection is in need of further clarification. Similarly, Staff has identified various aspects of land use and development which currently are not fully or clearly addressed by the LDRs.  

In an effort to improve and further clarify the implementation of the LDRs, Staff proposes to amend the LDRs, as further described in the Staff Report attached to this agenda item. The last comprehensive review and amendment of the LDRs for such purposes occurred in spring 2016.

Each proposed amendment is shown in strikethrough / underscore format in the attached Staff Report. In addition, the Staff Report provides a staff comments which further elaborate upon the purpose of the proposed amendment.