Commission Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  6/10/2019

SUBJECT:  Ordinance 19-27, First Reading: Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment - A request by A.J. “Jay” Brown, Jr., P.E., of JBrown Professional Group, applicant and agent for Bentley Timber, LLC., property owner, to amend the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Designation from Rural / Agriculture (Alachua County) to Moderate Density Residential (City of Alachua) on a ±0.95 acre subject property. Consisting of Parcel Numbers 03130-007-001, 03130-008-000, 03130-009-000, and a portion of 03130-004-000 (Legislative Hearing).

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the City Commission:

1) Approve Ordinance 19-27 on first reading; and,

2) Schedule second and final reading for June 24, 2019, upon making the following motion:

Based upon the presentation before this Commission and Staff’s recommendation, this Commission finds the application for a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Bentley Timber, LLC property to be consistent with the City of Alachua Comprehensive Plan and approves Ordinance 19-27 on first reading and schedules second and final reading for June 24, 2019.

Summary

The proposed Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (SSCPA) is a request by A.J. “Jay” Brown, P.E., of JBrown Professional Group, Inc., applicant and agent, for Bentley Timber, LLC, property owner, for consideration of a Small Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment (SSCPA) to the City of Alachua Future Land Use Map (FLUM). The proposed amendment would change FLUM Designation from Rural / Agriculture (Alachua County) to Moderate Density Residential (City of Alachua) on a ±0.95 acre subject property.

The subject property is located south of the intersection of State Road 235 and NW 134th Drive. The subject property was annexed into the City of Alachua in February 2018. It is in common ownership with a larger tract of land (±49.85 acres) located to the south and east of the subject property (Tax Parcel Number 03135-000-000). This tract of land presently has a Moderate Density Residential FLUM Designation and was previously zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD). This PUD was known as the Creekside Estates PUD. 

The Creekside Estates PUD was approved in 2006, and expired in 2016. The applicant seeks to reinstate the zoning of this tract, and to include the property subject to the SSCPA application into a proposed Planned Development – Residential (PD-R), known as the Tolosa PD-R.

Policy 1.2.a of the Future Land Use Element establishes the Moderate Density Residential land use category, and states that this category allows residential development at a maximum density of 4 dwelling units per acre. The following uses are examples of uses permitted within the Moderate Density Residential land use category: single family, conventional dwelling units; accessory dwelling units; residential planned developments; and supporting community services, such as schools, houses of worship, parks, and community centers.