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Alachua County Planning Commission backs transmission of comp-plan amendments and removes ADU residency requirement
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to transmit evaluation-and-appraisal amendments to the County Commission with added items — including interlocal service boundary language and a compact-growth strategy — and separately approved removing homestead/residency requirements for accessory dwelling units in unincorporated areas.
The Alachua County Planning Commission agreed to transmit its evaluation-and-appraisal-based amendments to the Alachua County Comprehensive Plan to the County Commission while adding three items staff did not propose: policies to pursue interlocal service boundary agreements, a strategy favoring compact and mixed-use growth inside the urban cluster, and removing the homestead-exemption and residency requirement for accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in unincorporated areas.
Ben Chumley, principal planner with the Alachua County Growth Management Department, reopened the continuation of the Feb. 25 hearing and reminded the commission of the purpose:…
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