Summary
The proposed site plan is a request by Daniel Young, P.E., LEED AP, of CHW, applicant and agent for Alachua Foundation Park Holding Company, LLC, and the University of Florida Foundation, Inc., property owners, for the construction of three (3) ±42,466 square foot buildings, with paving, grading, and drainage, and infrastructure improvements. Future tenants of the proposed buildings are anticipated to be businesses operating in the research and development field. Such uses primarily consist of laboratory and office space.
The southwestern portion of the subject property is presently developed with a ±42,466 square foot building and associated site improvements. The Site Plan for this portion of the subject property was approved by the Planning & Zoning Board (PZB) in December 2014, and at the time the development was known as “Alachua Research Park”. The three (3) proposed buildings will be architecturally similar to the existing building on the subject property, and the overall layout of the site will be similar to the layout of the developed portion of the site.
Phase 2 of Foundation Park was previously approved by the PZB in December 2016, however, the development order subsequently expired. The applicant is seeking to reinstate the Site Plan. The Site Plan remains largely the same as the previous application approved by the PZB in December 2016.
The applicant has identified three “pods” on the proposed Site Plan – Pod A; Pod B; and Pod C. Development of each pod is proposed to occur sequentially (i.e., Pod A, followed by Pod B, followed by Pod C), with site improvements, including parking, landscaping, utilities, and other supporting improvements, to be provided for each pod at the time of its development. In accordance with Section 2.4.9(G) of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs), all proposed buildings will be required to obtain approval of a building permit for each building within three (3) years of the date of the approval of the Site Plan, unless otherwise extended.
The subject property is ±14.53 acres in area and is located northeast of the intersection of NW US Highway 441 and NW 119th Terrace, east of the Santa Fe College – Alachua Campus, south County Road 2054 (Rachel Boulevard), west of the State of Florida Building, and north of Progress Park. Access to Pod A will be provided by an existing connection to NW 119th Terrace. An additional street stub to NW 119th Terrace will be constructed as part of Pod A improvements. The stub will align with the northern ingress/egress to the Santa Fe College Perry Center, and will serve future development of the subject property that will occur at the time Pod B is developed.
The proposed development will convey the development’s stormwater runoff to an existing stormwater basin located west of the Santa Fe College Perry Center. The stormwater basin was designed as a master system for Progress Technology Park, which consists of the Santa Fe College parcel, the subject property, and NW 119th Terrace. (NOTE: A temporary stormwater management facility (SMF) is proposed north of the parking area within Pod A. This SMF will be removed at the time of the development of Pod C.)
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