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Commission approves wetland buffer mitigation for Rodriguez driveway access; adds pre/post road condition checks for private access road
Summary
The commission approved a preliminary development plan allowing a small, unavoidable wetland-buffer impact for driveway access to a legal lot in Orange Heights, subject to a fee-in-lieu payment and required pre- and post-construction roadway condition documentation for the private access road.
The Alachua County commission on May 13 approved a preliminary development plan that allows a limited impact to an isolated wetland and its buffer so a property owner can construct a private driveway to access uplands on a legal lot in the Orange Heights rural cluster.
Staff and the applicant told the board the property is an existing legal 10-acre lot in the Newnans Lake watershed with two wetlands: a small, isolated wetland near the driveway and a larger wetland toward the rear. The applicant obtained an Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for minor wetland impacts to install the access. County code requires review of any wetland…
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