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Alachua County to advertise draft changes to special-exception criteria in land-use code

2313937 · February 11, 2025
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Summary

County staff will advertise proposed amendments to the Unified Land Development Code that add broader, use-specific criteria to guide approval of special exceptions; board asked staff to consider placing some items into the general criteria and scheduled a public hearing for March 25.

Alachua County commissioners on Feb. 11 directed staff to advertise proposed amendments to the Unified Land Development Code that would add broader approval criteria for special exceptions, such as industrial uses, agricultural operations and recreation facilities.

The proposal, presented by Jerry Brewington, senior planner in the county’s Department of Growth Management, would add items to the existing ULDC section governing special-exception approvals. Brewington said the code currently contains general factors — consistency with the plan, impacts to public health and safety, and site-specific issues such as…

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