Board/Committee Agenda Item

MEETING DATE:  6/9/2020

SUBJECT:  Site Plan – Southern Wrecker and Recovery: A request by Christopher Gmuer, P.E., of Gmuer Engineering, LLC, applicant and agent for Southern Wrecker and Recovery, LLC, property owner, for consideration of a Site Plan to construct a ±5,980 square foot building with associated parking, stormwater, landscaping, and site improvements on a ±7.99 acre subject property. Tax Parcel Number 03042-050-003 (Quasi-Judicial Hearing).

PREPARED BY:  Justin Tabor, AICP, Principal Planner

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Staff recommends that the Planning & Zoning Board approve the Site Plan for Southern Wrecker and Recovery, subject to the four (4) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” and located on page 16 of the June 9, 2020 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 for Southern Wrecker and Recovery, subject to the four (4) conditions provided in Exhibit “A” and located on page 16 of the June 9, 2020 Staff Report to the Planning & Zoning Board.

Summary

This application is a request by Christopher Gmuer, P.E., of Gmuer Engineering, LLC, applicant and agent for Southern Wrecker and Recovery, LLC, property owner, for the consideration of a Site Plan to construct a ±5,980 square foot building with associated parking, stormwater, landscaping, and site improvements.

The proposed use consists of a ‘towing service’. The intended purpose of this facility is to provide vehicular removal and recovery efforts along the Interstate-75 and Interstate-10 corridors following vehicle collisions. The applicant has indicated no vehicular storage shall occur on-site. 

The subject property is ±7.99 acres in size and is located south of NW US Highway 441, immediately west of Jack’s Small Engine Repair. Approximately 3.3 acres of the overall ±7.99 acre subject property would be developed. The site is presently vacant, but has been utilized for the storage of materials for road improvements to US Highway 441 and Interstate 75.