Agenda Item Name:
Title
Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) Revision: Updates to the Building Code, Chapter 331 of the Alachua County Code, including Administrative Amendments to the Florida Building Code
End
Presenter:
Holly Banner, AICP
Description:
Revisions to the ULDC that ensure administrative consistency of Code with the Florida Building Code.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
1. Convene as the Land Development Regulation Commission and find the Amendments consistent with the Alachua County Comprehensvie Plan.
2. Approve Ordinance 2022-XX and authorize the chair’s signature.
End
Prior Board Motions:
NA
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
Sufficient funds exist to update Code in 001.03.0300.514.31.00
End
Strategic Guide:
Housing
Background:
Staff is proposing amendments to Chapter 331 of the Alachua County Code that incorporates and adopts local amendments to Chapter 1, Scope and Administration, of the Florida Building Code. The Florida Building Code is updated once every three years, and these changes are to make the County’s code consistent with the 2020 Florida Building Code, Seventh Edition that took effect December 31, 2020. Two key changes include adoption of Appendix Q for Tiny Homes and incorporation of statutory language adopted in 2019 that makes it easier for property owners to close expired permits. These amendments are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan’s principal tenet of protecting the health, safety and welfare of the public, Principal 4 of the Future Land Use Element that states …avoid large areas of single-use, similar densities and similar types of units and to include a diverse mix of land uses, housing types and costs and densities. The proposed adoption of Appendix Q is also consistent with Objective 1.2 to provide for adequate future urban residential development that includes a full range of housing types and densities to serve different segments of the housing market.