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Land Trust appeals magistrate order, argues county drainage worsened erosion and asks to stay penalties
Summary
Trustee Thomas Scheigle asked the magistrate to stay penalties and reconsider a November 2023 order requiring a site plan within 90 days, saying county grading and filled culverts on Veterans Way and 59th Street divert stormwater onto the trust property and make remediation infeasible; the county opposed a stay and said a site plan is the proper remedy.
Thomas Scheigle, trustee of Land Trust 17601, asked the Alachua County Code Enforcement Special Magistrate on Dec. 5 to stay accruing penalties while he pursues a timely appeal and to reconsider or clarify the magistrate’s Nov. 16, 2023 order that required submission of a site plan within 90 days.
Scheigle told the magistrate he and his civil-engineering consultant documented sheet-flow flooding, sediment and erosion on and near the trust parcel after heavy rains on June 23, 2023. He said photographs and a civil-engineer…
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