ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - The Alachua County Planning Commission will meet on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at 6 p.m. The Alachua County Development Review Committee will meet on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. Both meetings will be held in the Jack Durrance Auditorium (room 209) on the second floor of the County Administration Building (12 S.E. 1st Street, downtown Gainesville).
Items for the Planning Commission
ZOS-01-17 (Special Use Permit) – This is a request by Ryan Thompson of Causseaux, Hewett, and Walpole, Inc., agent, for Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida, Inc., owner, for a special use permit for a private educational facility on approximately 9.8 acres located at 16921 W. Newberry Road on Tax Parcel Number 04354-000-000. The parcel is in the Agricultural zoning district and has a Rural/Agriculture (1 dwelling unit per 5 acres) future land use designation. For more information, contact the Alachua County Growth Management Department at 352-374-5249 or Mehdi Benkhatar at mbenkhatar@alachuacounty.us.
ZOX-01-17 (Special Exception) – This is a request by Ryan Thompson of Causseaux, Hewett, and Walpole, Inc., agent, for Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida, Inc., owner, to allow a child care center on approximately 9.8 acres located at 16921 W. Newberry Road on Tax Parcel Number 04354-000-000. The parcel is in the Agricultural zoning district and has a Rural/Agriculture (1 dwelling unit per 5 acres) future land use designation. For more information, contact the Alachua County Growth Management Department at 352-374-5249 or Mehdi Benkhatar at mbenkhatar@alachuacounty.us.
View the Planning Commission Agenda.
Items for the Development Review Committee
Florida Power and Light - Project Horizon – This is a Public Hearing to consider a Preliminary and Final Development Plan, Floodplain Development Permit and Section Line Setback Waivers for the construction of a 74.5 MW photovoltaic solar facility on approximately 489.01 acres of project area east of County Road 219A and north of County Road 1474. For more information, contact the Alachua County Growth Management Department at 352-374-5249 or Leslie McLendon at lmclendon@alachuacounty.us.
Chesnut Plantation Phase 1 and Phase 2 – This is a Public Hearing to consider a Final Development Plan and Plat and Floodplain Development Permit for a 137 lot single family residential subdivision on approximately 33.18 acres in the 7900 Block of S.W. Archer Road. For more information, contact the Alachua County Growth Management Department at 352-374-5249 or Christine Berish at cberish@alachuacounty.us.
View the Development Review Committee Agenda.
The public is invited to attend these meetings. The Planning Commission meeting will be available to view live on Cox Channel 12, and will be available on the County's Video on Demand website. Due to scheduling conflicts with the Gainesville City Commission the Development Review Committee meeting will not be available to view.