September 11, 2012 Continuation of First Public Hearing 1

 Board workshops to discuss working drafts  Workshops with community organizations or citizens as requested ◦ Met with Builders Association, Grow Gainesville, Rural Concerns, Affordable Housing Advisory Committee  First Public Hearing conducted June 26, 2012 ◦ Chapters 400 through 407, Article 3, Signs 2

 Complete Chapter 407 and receive Board direction  Present Chapters and receive Board direction  Present changes made to Chapters per Board direction from June 26 3

Section Required Irrigation  Changed irrigation requirements to only apply to required landscaping and only require a temporary irrigation system.  Require irrigation plans to be submitted with the landscaping plans only where permanent irrigation is proposed.  Require use of reclaimed water where available.  Require trees to have individual low flow or micro- irrigation supplies and for the irrigation to be discontinued once the trees or other plant materials are established. 4

 Table Appropriate Tree Plantings ◦ Reduced all the 20 foot minimum tree planting areas to 12 feet 5

 Section (c) TNDs, TODs, and Mixed-Use Developments ◦ Deleted Quality Mixed-Use Developments ◦ Combined regulations for open space for TNDs, TODs and Mixed Use Developments into one place.  Section Designation of Open Space ◦ Added the word “primary” to modify open space that shall be connected with other open space when protection of the resources can be maintained ◦ Deleted the word contiguous 6

 Article 6 Performance Standards – no changes ◦ Fumes, glare, noise, Industrial standards  Article 7 TND and TOD ◦ Major change in this article was to move language to Article 4 Landscaping and Article 5 Open Space to consolidate regulations for all developments 7

 Section (f)1 Clarified language concerning parent tracts that are divided once without having to comply with the subdivision regulations.  Section (i) Deleted section on changes to plat by variance – not allowed (new since 1 st hearing)  Section Family Homestead Subdivisions ◦ Expanded this section to include family subdivisions that do not need the density exception granted by a family homestead certificate 8

 Section (b)1.a.viii. Added common renewable energy systems to the list of permitted uses in open space areas for Rural/Agriculture Clustered Subdivisions.  Section Plat Document Requirements ◦ added amount of the required surety and acceptable documentation  Section (c)2. a. ◦ Clarified language for which documents are required to be submitted when an applicant is requesting the County to take over the maintenance of a facility 9

 Article 9 Stormwater Management ◦ No major changes – some clarifications ◦ Section (c) -Added ‘stormwater-related’ to requirement for submittal of electronic CAD files (new since 1 st hearing)  Article 10 Building Design ◦ No changes 10

 Section ◦ DRC may authorize for exception for connection to centralized water and sewer for certain non-residential uses and for new residential uses designated Estate Residential in the Comprehensive Plan. ◦ This clarification is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.  Section (d) Granting of Exceptions ◦ Deleted requirement to install dry lines ◦ Added requirements to use low-flow plumbing fixtures and use the St. John’s River Water Management District’s Water Star standards. 11

 Section Reclaimed Water Supply ◦ Added requirement that all new developments within GRU’s reclaimed water service area shall provide reclaimed water to areas to be irrigated within the development  Purpose is to encourage water conservation and require the use of the lowest acceptable quality source of water for landscape irrigation (reclaimed water) 12

 Section (d) 5 ◦ Added list of types of residential development that are exempt from concurrency requirements for public school facilities 13

 Section Required Information ◦ Clarified information required for all driveway connection permits  Section Other Access Management Considerations ◦ Added requirement that all left-turn storage lanes, at a minimum must include the addition of paved shoulders and a full-width asphalt overlay 14

 Section Minimum Design and Construction Standards for Streets and Drainage Systems ◦ added more roadway classifications to provide more variability in required pavement thickness  Section (g) Drainage Systems ◦ 6. Roadside Swales  Added new requirements for open drainage systems (roadside swales)  Section (i) Intersection Design ◦ 4. Roundabouts and 5. Signal  Added language for roundabouts and when a signal is proposed to provide standards for current practice 15

 New section. Moved all existing language for lighting into this article.  Added new section on athletic field lighting that would now apply to any athletic field not just fields associated with educational facilities. 16

 Section Discontinuance of Nonconforming Uses of Land ◦ Nonconforming open uses of land (junkyards, kennels, commercial animal raising, etc.) must be discontinued within 18 months of notice by the County unless granted an extension by County Commission  Added provision for the County Commission to grant a longer time frame to come into compliance based on certain criteria:  No impact to public health, safety and welfare  Substantial obligations incurred on behalf of the property owner that would take longer to amortize.  Provisions made to reduce noise, odor, glare 17

 Section (a) 1.a. deleted language requiring a signs to conform to current code including illumination standards when changing use of a property 18

 New definitions ◦ Agritourism activities ◦ Child care center ◦ Development Plan, minor ◦ Dwelling, multi-family ◦ Ecotourism activities ◦ Education facility, college/university ◦ Green roof ◦ Industry, heavy ◦ Internet Center ◦ Irrigation, low volume ◦ Irrigation, high volume ◦ Irrigation, micro ◦ Rapid infiltration basins (RIBs) ◦ Residential recreational camp 19

New Definitions : ◦ Irrigation, low volume ◦ Irrigation, high volume ◦ Irrigation, micro ◦ Rapid infiltration basins (RIBs) ◦ Residential recreational camp ◦ Sign, portico or entry ◦ Sign, Wayfinding ◦ Simulated Gambling Establishment ◦ Simulated Gambling Device 20

New Definitions : ◦ Sign, portico or entry ◦ Sign, Wayfinding ◦ Simulated Gambling Establishment ◦ Simulated Gambling Device ◦ Substantial improvement ◦ Survey- boundary and ◦ Survey-topographic ◦ University ◦ Use, principal ◦ Value-added good 21

Amended Definitions: ◦ Advanced Waste Treatment ◦ Education facility, private ◦ Education facility, public ◦ Cocktail lounge, bar, tavern or nightclub ◦ High aquifer recharge areas ◦ Industry, light ◦ Low Impact Development ◦ Nursing Home facility ◦ Small-scale comprehensive plan amendment 22

Board Direction on Chapters 400 through 407-Article 3 received on June 26 23

 Section – Development Review Departments Powers and Duties ◦ (a)2 – Development Review Committee: added ‘activities that propose significant adverse impact to regulated natural and historic resources’ ◦ (c)1 – Decisions of Environmental Protection Department: added ‘minimal impact activities’ to clarify EPD can authorize minimal impacts adjacent to wetlands ◦ Other wetland impacts still BOCC review 24

 Section – Development Application Forms – corrected reference citation  Table – Development Thresholds ◦ Institutional/Place of Worship/Civic Organization moved to its own line on table with 25,000 SF threshold ◦ Added recreation to 25,000 threshold  Would include golf courses 25

 Section – Development Plan Review ◦ Added sentence explaining expansions to existing development subject to thresholds in Table  Section – Voluntary Termination of Special Exceptions ◦ Minor edits to match language for termination of Special Use Permits  Section – Signage for Temporary Use Permits ◦ Allows any number of signs with maximum size of 16 SF each 26

 Article 2 – Use Table ◦ Changed child care centers from A (accessory use) to SE (special exception) in Agriculture and low density residential districts ◦ Changed golf courses from SE to L (limited use) in Agriculture district and added as limited use to low density residential districts (excluding R-1c) 27

 Section Produce Stands ◦ Revised (a) to allow only as accessory to a working farm - no longer prohibits sale of products grown offsite ◦ Deleted second sentence from (d) relating to Florida Building Code  Section – Poultry and Livestock on Less than Five Acres ◦ Added new section (c) allowing one Vietnamese pot-bellied pig per half-acre in A, A-RB, RE, RE-1 and residential lots in Rural Clusters ◦ Some reformatting 28

 §404.34(c)3 – Private Educational Facilities & (f) – Civic Organizations & Places of Worship ◦ Changed setback for athletic fields from 50’ to 100’ ◦ Added requirement that facilities with lighting or audio systems must be approved as part of a special use permit  §404.62(e) & (h) – General & Rural Home Based Businesses ◦ Added new subsections to reference signage allowed in Chapter

 § – Golf Courses ◦ Research  Contacted several course designers and related professionals  American Society of Golf Course Architects – voluntary Environmental Principles very similar to new standards proposed in ULDC ◦ Proposed Changes  Deleted paragraph (a) with square footage limitation  Deleted item 5 in paragraph (b) encouraging use of pervious trails 30

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 § – Materials Recovery, Recycling and Composting Facilities ◦ Added to provide standards for special exception review of these types of facilities  § – Docks ◦ Deleted (b) – removal of regulated trees and related reference in (e) ◦ Amended (c) to meet state statutes prohibiting requirement of state or federal permits as a condition of approval  Still required prior to commencement of construction  § – Residential Recreation Camp ◦ Allowance in (e) to exceed 200’ setbacks if allowed by special exception 32

 § – Environmental Resources (Article 5 Idylwild/Serenola Special Area Study) ◦ Clarification in (a)5 regarding violations of regulated significant upland habitat 33

 § Permitting (Article 2 Trees and Natural Vegetation) ◦ Amended language in (a)4 to allow up to 400 SF of canopy on private lots to count toward 30% canopy requirement ◦ Clarified that language in (e) about emergency tree removal only applies to public entities such as utilities  § – Protection Strategies (Article 15 Significant Geologic Features ◦ Amended (e)1.b concerning disturbances to buffers 34

 § – When Required (Article 19 Management Plans) ◦ Changed minimum acreage for requiring a management plan from four acres to five acres  – Corrective Action for Unauthorized Impacts (Article 20 Avoidance, Minimization, Mitigation and Monitoring) ◦ Deleted language from (b) “if damage is irreparable” 35

 Article 3, Signs ◦ § (a) 16 – changed 30 minute time limit to 5 minutes for changeable copy ◦ § – Exemptions  Added (a)10 to exempt signs internal to a development no larger than 24 SF and 4’ tall  Amended (b)5 to include “if not exempted from (a)  Allows larger signs not meeting blanket exemption to still proceed without a permit while maintaining a limit on maximum size

Article 3, Signs ◦ §407.31(f) – Signs Allowed in Any Zoning District  Deleted prohibition of internal illumination for wayfinding signs ◦ § – Signs for Residential Development  Deleted Table and put information into text  Changed maximum size of permanent building signs to 2 SF for single family residences  Home based business only commercial message allowed 37

 Article 3, Signs ◦ § – Signs Allowed for Nonresidential Development  Changed (d)1.a.iii to now allow any type of illumination for signs  Deleted standard in (b)2.d.v for 4” letters on sidewalk signs

 Alachua County Department of Growth Management  (352)  39