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Planning Commission recommends rezoning of 5.8-acre Habitat for Humanity parcel to R1A
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of rezoning application Z25000024 to change a 5.8-acre Habitat for Humanity parcel from R1B to R1A, aligning zoning with the county's low‑density future land use designation; staff said the change would allow up to about 23 single‑family units.
At its Nov. 19 meeting, the Alachua County Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of rezoning application C25000024, a request to change a roughly 5.8‑acre parcel owned by Habitat for Humanity from R1B to R1A.
Growth Management staff, speaking for the record, described the request and the rationale: "This item tonight is C25000024. A rezoning request to rezone from the R1B Single family Residential District to the R1A, also single family residential," and later recommended that "staff recommends the Planning Commission to find that this proposed rezoning request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and land development code and to recommend to the county commission that they approve the resolution approving this request." Staff said the site is undeveloped and adjacent to an earlier Celebration Oaks Habitat for Humanity phase and estimated the R1A zoning could yield a maximum of about 23 single‑family units.
Commissioners asked whether a future‑land‑use map amendment would have been appropriate instead of a zoning change. Staff replied that the applicant did not intend to increase potential unit counts and that the rezoning was intended to bring the parcel into consistency with the low‑density future land use designation (1–4 units per acre), compared with R1B zoning (4–8 units per acre).
Commissioner (Speaker 3) moved to adopt staff's recommendation for application Z25000024; Chair (Speaker 1) seconded. Commissioner (Speaker 2) objected to the approach, saying, "I just have concerns with, down zoning, inside of our urban reserve... I won't support, the motion on the floor," arguing the county has limited land in the urban reserve and that future‑land‑use change might be preferable in some cases. The commission nevertheless voted and the motion passed; the Planning Commission will forward its recommendation to the County Commission for final action.
The staff presentation cited Comprehensive Plan policy 7.1.0.2 and the Land Development Code standards in section 402.77 as the bases for consistency and approval criteria. Neighborhood meeting attendance for this proposal was not reported in the record.
The Planning Commission took no public comment on the rezoning at the meeting. The next procedural step is for the County Commission to consider the rezoning recommendation; no hearing date was specified at the Planning Commission meeting.
