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DRC approves Steeplechase Town Center final plan with conditions including photometric plan and tree mitigation
Summary
The DRC approved the Steeplechase Town Center final development plan Dec. 18 with conditions requiring a photometric outdoor lighting plan, payment or mitigation for removed tree inches, and documentation that an on-site well has been plugged and abandoned before a construction permit is issued.
The Alachua County Development Review Committee on Dec. 18 approved the final development plan for Steeplechase Town Center, a roughly 3-acre commercial project with approximately 25,000 square feet of uses, subject to conditions intended to address a prior clearing violation and ensure code compliance.
Jacob Stout, a planner with Alachua County Growth Management, said the project provides three buildings and associated parking and will be the final step in satisfying a consent order tied to a prior notice of violation for clearing without an approved development plan. Stout said the application shows 20.8% tree canopy retention, that a total of 114 inches of trees were removed previously, 59 inches have been replanted in a southern stormwater basin, and 55 inches are included with the current landscape plan.
Stout identified three specific conditions of approval: the applicant must obtain approval of a photometric plan consistent with chapter 407, article 14 (outdoor lighting) via an administrative development plan review before public works will issue a construction permit; the applicant must pay tree mitigation of $1,430 to Alachua County Parks and Conservation Lands via Growth Management or provide a revised landscape plan demonstrating compliance with tree mitigation requirements; and a construction permit cannot be issued until an on-site well has been plugged and abandoned and the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department has received documentation in the form of a completed well registration form or well completion report.
A speaker identifying herself as Holly thanked the committee and staff and offered to answer questions. A committee member moved to approve the final development plan with the stated conditions, a second was made, members voted 'aye,' and the chair announced the motion passes. The project will proceed to required administrative reviews and permitting steps identified in the conditions.
