Media Release

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - The Alachua County Planning Commission will meet on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 6 p.m. The Alachua County Development Review Committee will meet on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. Both meetings are in the Jack Durrance Auditorium (room 209), in the County Administration Building (12 SE 1st Street, downtown Gainesville).

ZOS-01-16 (Special Use Permit) – This is a request by Shutts & Bowen, LLP, agent, for Franklin Crates, Inc., owner, for a special use permit to allow construction and operation of a 209 foot self-supporting cellular tower on parcel number 16488-000-000. This property is in an A (Agriculture) zoning district with a Rural/Agriculture (1 dwelling units per 5 acres) land use designation. The total property is approximately 174.89 acres with the cell tower being proposed on approximately 0.26 acres on the southwest side of Memorial Lane near Micanopy. 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

Lexington Place Single Family Subdivision - Stormwater Management Revisions – This public hearing is to consider a Revised Final Development Plan and Replat of four lots, and modification of stormwater basin on approximately 8.27 acres in the 3500 block of N.W. 51st Street. For more information, contact the Alachua County Growth Management Department at 352-374-5249 or Christine Berish at cberish@alachuacounty.us.

Robertson Conservation Easement - White Home - This public hearing is to consider a Minor Development Plan for a new single family dwelling on approximately 39.39 acres at 10806 S.W. 8th Avenue. 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. They will be available to view live on Cox Channel 12, and will be available on the County's Video on Demand website.