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Alachua County transmits UF Foundation golf‑course land‑use change and protections to state for review
Summary
The Alachua County Commission voted unanimously April 28 to transmit a proposed comprehensive‑plan amendment to reclassify 580 acres from rural agricultural to a new 'UF Golf Institutional' land‑use and to adopt implementing policies (including conservation management areas, irrigation limits and nutrient‑management requirements) for state coordinated review.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously April 28 to transmit a proposed large‑scale comprehensive‑plan amendment that would reclassify a roughly 580‑acre University of Florida Foundation parcel from rural agricultural to a new UF Golf Institutional future‑land‑use and adopt implementing policies from the Hickory Sink Special Area Study.
Staff principal planner Chris Dawson told the commission the amendment would add a new objective (8.6) and several policies (8.6.1–8.6.5) that identify conservation management areas (CMAs), set irrigation limits, require nutrient‑management and water‑quality monitoring, and limit mineral fertilizer use outside defined turf and event lawn areas. “Staff recommends that the commission find the application consistent with the comprehensive plan and…
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