Commission Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  1/28/2019

SUBJECT:  Ordinance 19-07, Second Reading; Site-Specific Amendment to the Official Zoning Atlas: A request by James and Wetona Johnson, property owners, for consideration of a Site-Specific Amendment to the Official Zoning Atlas (Rezoning) to amend the Official Zoning Atlas from Agricultural (A)(County) to Residential Single Family - 3 (RSF-3) on a ± 0.36 acre subject property. Consisting of Parcel Number 03068-000-000 (Quasi-Judicial Hearing).

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Based upon the competent substantial evidence presented at this hearing, the presentation before this Commission, and Staff’s recommendation, this Commission finds the application for a Site-Specific Amendment to the Official Zoning Atlas from Agricultural (A)(County) to Residential Single Family -3 (RSF-3) to be consistent with the City of Alachua Comprehensive Plan and in compliance with the Land Development Regulations and adopts Ordinance 19-07 on second and final reading. 

Summary

The proposed Site Specific Amendment to the Official Zoning Map (rezoning) is a request to amend the Official Zoning Atlas from Agricultural (“A”) (Alachua County) to Residential Single Family – 3 (“RSF-3”) on the subject property.

The subject property was annexed through Ordinance 18-17 (adopted July 23, 2018) and is a part of a 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 currently has an Agriculture (Alachua County) Future Land Use designation.  A companion application proposes an amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan that would amend the subject property to Moderate Density Residential Future Land Use designation.

The Residential Single Family- 3 (“RSF-3”) Zone District is described as follows in Section 3.4.2 of the Land Development Regulations (LDRs):

The RSF-3 district is established as a district in which the principal use of land is single-family residential development at a moderate density in areas served by water and sewer systems. The regulations of this district are intended to discourage any use that would substantially interfere with the development of single-family dwellings and that would be detrimental to the quiet residential nature of the district. Complementary uses customarily found in residential zone districts, such as community facilities, religious institutions, parks and playgrounds, and schools, are also allowed. The minimum lot area is 10,000 square feet and the maximum density allowed is three dwelling units an acre. 

At the December 11, 2018 Planning and Zoning Board hearing, the Board voted 5-0 in favor of forwarding this application to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve.

At the January 14, 2019 City Commission hearing, the Commission voted 5-0 in favor of adopting Ordinance 19-07 and scheduled second and final reading for January 28, 2019.