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Alachua County orders restoration plan and 30‑day compliance timeline after wetland clearing at Waukesha Road Farms
Summary
County staff documented clearing into wetlands and recommended a multi‑department compliance order requiring an environmental consultant, a restoration plan for the 75‑foot average upland buffer, inspections and 80% survival of plantings within two years; the lessee asked for time and county provided a consolidated compliance order.
At a May 1 code enforcement hearing the county presented multi‑department findings that a parcel owned by Waukesha Road Farms Inc. had recent clearing and mulching into a seasonal wetland and its required upland buffer. Environmental Protection Department staff described approximately 2.3 acres of impacted wetland area and showed images county staff said documented sediment and mulched material pushed into wetland areas.
Chris Bover, senior environmental specialist with Alachua County EPD, summarized the aerial imagery and site photos and told the magistrate staff observed vegetation removal, roots and mulched material in buffer areas and some damage to mature live oaks. “Staff observed…
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