Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  6/11/2019

SUBJECT:  Site Plan - Hague Fire Station #25: A request by Monique Heathcock, P.E., of CHW, applicant and agent for Phoenix Commercial Park, LLP, property owner, for consideration of a Site Plan to construct a ±1,080 square foot fire station and a ±1,080 square foot apparatus building, with associated site improvements, on a ±1.03 acre subject property, located north of US Highway 441, west of CSI Academy, and east of Phoenix Commercial Park; a portion of Tax Parcel Number 05855-004-000; FLUM: Industrial; Zoning: Light & Warehouse Industrial (ILW) (Quasi-Judicial Hearing).

PREPARED BY:  Justin Tabor, AICP

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board approve the Site Plan, subject to the five (5) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” and located on page 21 of the June 11, 2019 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 approves the Site Plan, subject to the five (5) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” and located on page 21 of the June 11, 2019, Staff Report to the Planning & Zoning Board.

Summary

The proposed site plan is a request by Monique Heathcock, P.E., LEED AP, of CHW, applicant and agent for Phoenix Commercial Park, LLP, property owner, to construct a ±1,080 square foot fire station and a ±1,080 square foot apparatus building, with associated site improvements. The proposed fire station and apparatus building will serve as Alachua County Fire Rescue’s Hague Fire Station #25.

The subject property is ±1.03 acres in area and is located north of US Highway 441, to the east of the existing buildings within Phoenix Commercial Park, and to the west of CSI Academy. Access will be provided by connection to a private driveway which connects to US Highway 441. 

The proposed development is located within an existing paved parking lot in the southeast corner of Phoenix Commercial Park. There is no new additional impervious surface area proposed; therefore, additional stormwater management / upgrades to existing stormwater management systems area are not required.