Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  3/10/2020

SUBJECT:  Three Lots within the Turkey Creek Subdivision Final Plat: A request by Sergio Reyes, P.E., of eda engineers-surveyors-planners, inc., applicant and agent for N & J Hope Family LLC and Turkey Creek, Inc., property owners, for consideration of the final plat of three lots located within the Turkey Creek subdivision. Tax Parcel No. 05900-160-060, 05900-160-010, and 05900-002-001 (Quasi-Judicial Hearing)

PREPARED BY:  Adam Hall, AICP

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board transmit the final plat to the City Commission with a recommendation to approve by 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 transmits the application to the City Commission, with a recommendation to approve. 

Summary

This application is a request by Sergio Reyes, P.E., of eda engineers-surveyors-planners, inc., applicant and agent for N & J Hope Family LLC and Turkey Creek, Inc. , property owners, for the approval of a final plat (minor subdivision) to plat three lots within Turkey Creek. A summary of the three lots can be found in Table 1 below.

Table 1. Lot Summary

The subject properties are located within the Turkey Creek subdivision and are currently vacant.

The proposed final plat would create three lots within Turkey Creek. The proposed setbacks conform to current dimensional standards set forth in governing PUD ordinance (Ordinance 0-03-09).  

Section 2.4.10 (F)(1)(a) indicates that a minor subdivision shall constitute “(a) The subdivision of land into six or fewer lots, provided that:(i)No new streets, alleys, or other public ways are created;(ii) No changes are made to the existing rights-of-way of any streets, alleys or other public ways;(iii) No new utilities are required to serve the subdivided land; (iv) The division of land complies with the standards of Article 7, Subdivision Standards;(v) No flag lot is created; and (vi) The lots have direct access onto a public street that has been accepted for maintenance by the appropriate jurisdiction”. Section 2.4.10(F) (2) & (3) of the City’s Land Development Regulations (LDRs) establishes the procedures and requirements for a plat. An analysis of the application’s compliance with the applicable standards of this section has been provided within this report.