The Alachua County Planning Commission will meet on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the Alachua County Administration Building (12 SE 1st St., Gainesville). This meeting begins at 6 p.m.
The committee will take public comments in person only. The meeting can be viewed on Cox Channel 12, the AC TV app (Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Roku), or the county’s video-on-demand website.
Items for the Planning Commission meeting:
Z25-000003 Hawthorne Road Large-Scale Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment – This is a request by Clay Sweger of eda consultants, inc., agent, for Gator Country LLC and Bentley Properties Inc., owners, for a large-scale comprehensive plan amendment. The amendment would change the future land use designations from Estate Residential (up to 1 dwelling unit per 2 acres), Low Density Residential (1 to 4 dwelling units/acre) and Commercial to Estate Residential (up to 1 dwelling unit per 2 acres), Low Density Residential (1 to 4 dwelling units/acre) and Conservation. The site is approximately 82 acres and is located to the northwest of the SE Hawthorne Rd./Lakeshore Dr. intersection on parcels 16184-000-000, 16185-000-000, 16201-004-000, 16194-001-000, 16194-002-000 and 16194-000-000. This request is associated with the rezoning application Z25-000004 that seeks to rezone these same parcels. For more information, contact the Alachua County Growth Management Department at 352-374-5249 or Mehdi Benkhatar at mbenkhatar@alachuacounty.us.
Z25-000004 Hawthorne Road Rezoning – This is a request by Clay Sweger of eda consultants, inc. agent, for Gator Country LLC and Bentley Properties Inc., owners, for a rezoning. The request would rezone from R-1a, A, BR, BH and MB to C-1, RE-1 and R-1a. The site is approximately 82 acres and is located to the northwest of the SE Hawthorne Rd./Lakeshore Dr. intersection on parcels 16184-000-000, 16185-000-000, 16201-004-000, 16194-001-000, 16194-002-000 and 16194-000-000. This request is associated with the large-scale comprehensive plan amendment application Z25-000003 that seeks to amend the future land use designation on these same parcels. 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.
