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Commissioners approve staff to pursue TND/TOD code updates, including 'main street' concept and tiered auto‑use rules
Summary
After workshops with planners and applicants, the board directed staff to prepare code amendments to simplify phasing rules, expand minor change allowances, focus on form over strict vertical‑mix mandates, address block phasing and temporary uses, and develop a tiered approach to drive‑through/auto uses.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 7 authorized staff to proceed with a package of recommended updates to the county’s Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) and Transit‑Oriented Development (TOD) design regulations, asking planners to return with draft ordinance language.
Christine Baresch, Development Review Manager in Growth Management, reviewed feedback from stakeholder workshops and a recent Urban3 fiscal analysis the county had commissioned. Baresch said the revision package is intended to reduce unnecessary complexity in phasing requirements, make minor plan adjustments easier for applicants and staff review, and emphasize the physical form and infrastructure needed to create walkable mixed‑use places. "We want the flexibility, but what we don't have is we don't know where they are going to focus that commercial," she said, explaining a proposal to require more clarity on Preliminary Development Plans (PDPs) about where commercial and other uses will be located to better plan infrastructure.
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