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DRC approves preliminary plan for 25,000-sq.-ft. Steeplechase Town Center in Jonesville
Summary
The DRC approved a preliminary development plan for the 25,000-square-foot Steeplechase Town Center at 14217 West Newberry Road (3.19 acres) in the Jonesville activity center. Staff noted a prior October 2024 notice of violation for unauthorized tree clearing and a stipulated consent order requiring 114 total inches of tree-caliper plantings.
The Alachua County Development Review Committee on June 18 approved a preliminary development plan (PDP) for the Steeplechase Town Center, a proposed roughly 25,000-square-foot commercial development at 14217 West Newberry Road in Jonesville.
Jacob Stout, planner with the county Growth Management Department, said the 3.19-acre site is designated for commercial use in the county’s activity-center guidance and that the PDP will be evaluated against activity-center and final development standards at the final plan stage. Stout reported the property owner received a notice of violation in October 2024 for clearing trees on a commercial property without development plan approval and that the owner signed a stipulated consent order requiring planting 114 total inches of tree caliper; 57 inches have been planted and the remaining 57 inches must be planted after final development plan approval.
"One stipulation in the stipulated consent order...was to bring the property into compliance by planting 114 total inches," Stout said, adding that 57 inches have already been planted.
Tom Young of Young Development Services, representing Special K Holdings LLC, represented the applicant and offered to answer questions. With no public comment, a committee member moved to approve the preliminary development plan; the motion was seconded and the committee voted in favor with no recorded opposition.
Stout said landscaping, buffering and stormwater details will be reviewed at the final development plan stage and that the applicant must demonstrate the final plan retains equivalent stormwater capacity if any drainage-easement amendments are proposed.
