Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  5/8/2018

SUBJECT:  Minor Subdivision / Final Plat: Replat of Lot 2 of Quail Roost Estates, an unrecorded subdivision - A request by Clay Sweger, AICP, LEED AP, of EDA Engineers - Surveyors - Planners, Inc., applicant and agent for Heather and Brian Russell, property owners, to subdivide the subject property into a total of 4 lots. Tax Parcel No. 03986-002-002 (Quasi-Judicial Hearing).

PREPARED BY:  Adam Hall, 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 three (3) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” and located on Page 16 of the May 8, 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 three (3) condition provided in Exhibit “A” and located on Page 16 of the May 8, 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 Heather and Brian Russell, property owners, for a request to replat Lot 2 of Quail Roost Estates Unrecorded Survey, into a total of four (4) lots.

The subject property is comprised of ±5.21 acres, and is located on the east side of NW 197^th Terrace and approximately 220 feet south of Peggy Road. Quail Roost Unit 2 is located to the north of the subject property and Alexander Court to the east.  The application materials include a survey of the property, depicting the location of an existing structure (pole barn) on the property. The applicant has indicated that this pole barn has been removed since submittal of this application.

The proposed subdivision is not currently within the City’s potable water and sanitary sewer service areas, and therefore, any future residential development on the proposed lots will be served by well and septic unless the lots come within the City’s potable water and sanitary service areas in the future. The applicant has submitted a copy of an Environmental Resource Permit issued by the Suwannee River Water Management District for this project. The applicant has also submitted proof that the lots meet the minimum Department of Health requirements for lots to be served by well and septic. An analysis of the development’s impact on other public facilities is provided within this report.

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 this report.