Commission Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  2/10/2020

SUBJECT:  Ordinance 20-04, First Reading; Site-Specific Amendment to the Official Zoning Atlas - A request by Clay Sweger, AICP, LEED AP, of EDA Engineers - Surveyors - Planners, Inc., applicant and agent for Andrews Paving, Inc., B & C Crane Service, Inc., Innovative Property, Inc., KD Lyons – 6201, LLC, KD Lyons – 6201, LLC, KSG Hague Properties, LLC, McGinley & McGinley Trustees, Quinn Adams #4, LLC, Richard McGinley, and U.S. Spars, Inc., property owners, for consideration of a Site-Specific Amendment to the Official Zoning Atlas (Rezoning) to amend the Official Zoning Atlas from Planned Unit Development (PUD) (Alachua County) to Industrial General (IG) (City of Alachua) on a ±34.63 acre subject property; consisting of Tax Parcel Numbers 05893-000-000, 05893-001-000, 05893-010-001, 05893-010-004, 05893-010-005, 05893-010-006, 05893-010-007, 05893-010-009, 05893-010-010; 05893-020-001, 05893-020-002, 05893-020-005, 05893-020-006, 05893-020-007,05893-020-008, and 05893-020-009. FLUM: Industrial; Existing Zoning: Planned Unit Development (PUD) (County). (Quasi-Judicial Hearing).

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the City Commission:

1. Approve Ordinance 20-04 on first reading; and,
2. Schedule second and final reading for February 24, 2020, 

upon making the following motion:

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 to be consistent with the City of Alachua Comprehensive Plan and in compliance with the Land Development Regulations and approves Ordinance 20-04 on first reading and schedules second and final reading for February 24, 2020.

Summary

The proposed Site Specific Amendment to the City of Alachua Official Zoning Atlas (Rezoning) is a request by Clay Sweger, AICP, LEED AP, EDA Engineers – Surveyors – Planners, Inc., for the consideration of the rezoning of the subject property from Alachua County Planned Unit Development (PUD [County]) to City of Alachua Industrial General (IG). Several property owners of parcels within McGinley Industrial Park have submitted this application to rezone approximately 34.63 acres of the Park (there are four [4] parcels within the Park which are not a part of the application).

The platted portion of McGinley Industrial Park was annexed into the City in September 2001. The remaining portion of the Park, which is undeveloped, was annexed into the City in January 2008. In 2005, the Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Designation of the platted portion of the Park was amended from Alachua County Rural Employment Center to Industrial. In 2008, the FLUM Designation of the undeveloped portion of the Park was amended from Alachua County Rural Employment Center to Industrial. The properties subject to this application have retained their Alachua County zoning (a County Planned Unit Development [PUD] designation) since this time. The PUD permitted uses within the Industrial Services and Manufacturing (MS) zoning district (an Alachua County zoning designation). As required by Section 1.7.7 of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs), the zoning of a property must be amended upon annexation of land into the City. No development, redevelopment, or expansion may occur until a City FLUM Designation and zoning are applied to a property. Several property owners within McGinley Industrial Park have jointly submitted this application to rezone the properties to place a zoning designation on the property that is consistent with the underlying FLUM Designation, and which will address the requirements of Section 1.7.7 of the LDRs.

McGinley Industrial Park is located north of County Road 25A (NW 120th Lane) and the CSX railroad and to the south of NW 128th Lane. The developed portion of the Park is comprised of 17 lots ranging in size from approximately one (1) acre to approximately two (2) acres, with most lots approximately one (1) acre in size. All but three (3) of the lots within the platted portion of the property are developed. The lots are provided access by two (2) private roads: NW 123rd Place and NW 124th Place. The undeveloped portion of the Park is approximately 16.38 acres, and is comprised of a natural wooded area.

At the January 14, 2020 Planning and Zoning Board hearing, the Board voted 4-0 in favor of transmitting the rezoning application to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve.