Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  12/11/2018

SUBJECT:  Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment: A request by North Florida Water Systems, Inc., property owner, to amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Designation from Agriculture (Alachua County) to Agriculture on a ±1.30 acre subject property. Consisting of Tax Parcel Number 03068-000-000. (Legislative Hearing)

PREPARED BY:  Adam Hall, AICP, Planner

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board transmit the proposed Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the City Commission with a recommendation of Approval.

Summary

The proposed Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (SSCPA) is a request by North Florida Water Systems Inc., property owner, for the consideration of a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (SSCPA) to the City of Alachua Future Land Use Map (FLUM), to amend the FLUM of the subject property from Rural/Agriculture (County) to Agriculture on a ± 1.30 acre subject property (Tax Parcel No. 03046-004-000). The subject property is located at 16539 NW US Highway 441.  No principal use or structure is located on the property, but there is one 240 ft² storage shed on the property.

The subject property was annexed through Ordinance 18-13 (adopted July 23, 2018) and as a part group of annexations for which the application fee to be annexed had been waived (Resolutions 17-11 and 17-19).  Through Resolution 18-03, the City Commission had also waived application fees for Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Rezoning applications for those properties annexed through the fee waiver resolution.

The subject property presently has a Rural/Agriculture (County) FLUM Designation. The proposed amendment would change the FLUM Designation to Agriculture. The Agriculture FLUM Designation permits a density of .20 dwelling units per acre (a maximum of 1 dwelling unit for the subject property); the Rural/Agriculture (County) Land Use permits .2 dwelling units per acre (a maximum of 1 dwelling unit for the subject property).