Agenda Item Name:
Title
CPA-03-20: A Request for a Large-Scale Land Use Amendment from Preservation to Rural/Agriculture on Approximately 200 Acres
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Presenter:
Gerald L. Brewington (374-5249)
Description:
A request for a large-scale Comprehensive Plan land use amendment by the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners, agent, for various property owners (see parcel numbers) to change the land use designation on these parcels from Preservation to Rural Agriculture (density of one dwelling unit per five acres). These properties are located at the northwest corner of the intersection of County Roads 325 and 346 and constitute approximately 200.48 acres on parcels 18258-000-000, 18258-001-000, 18261-001-000, 18261-002-000, 18261-002-003, 18261-002-004, 18262-000-000, 18261-002-001 and 18280-001-000.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the Board transmit the item to the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) in Tallahassee for their review and comment
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Prior Board Motions:
None
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
None
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Background:
The Preservation land use designation is employed by the County to delineate those parcels under government jurisdiction/ownership or lands owned and managed by non-profit conservation organizations that have been set aside as containing significant resources or otherwise needing to be protected from development. In 2006, the County identified numerous parcels with a Preservation land use designation that were not under government jurisdiction but rather privately owned by individuals, many of which contained homesteads. The County, at the Board's direction, initiated a series of amendments in 2007 to change the land use on these parcels from Preservation to Rural/Agriculture.
Due to mapping limitations at that time, certain parcels were misidentified as having easements from the water management district and thus not included in the master list to undergo a land use c...
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