Agenda (PDF)

General Policy Committee · 2026-08-27 · agenda

The document is a City of Gainesville General Policy Committee meeting agenda and minutes. It contains no specific development project with an address, parcel, size, or zoning change. The agenda includes discussion items on affordable housing funding, alcoholic beverage establishment distance separation requirements, fence height standards, and historic buffer step down requirements. The minutes from August 13, 2026, include approvals for a Streatery Business Improvement Grant, a Wild Spaces and Public Places update, a Citizens Field agreement with the School Board of Alachua County, and a Historic Tax Exemption Policy Review. No specific project site, address, or parcel is identified for any of these items. [case 2026-585 and 2026-586] This document is a City of Gainesville General Policy Committee agenda packet for August 27, 2026, containing two discussion items. Item 2026-585 is a discussion on alcoholic beverage establishment distance separation requirements, with a recommendation to change the school distance to 500 feet, eliminate the 300-foot buffer for places of religious assembly, and exempt U9 and DT zoning districts from residential distance requirements. Item 2026-586 is a discussion on fence height standards, with a recommendation to reduce maximum fence heights to 4 feet in front yards and 8 feet in rear yards, subject to Florida Statute 252.422 restrictions. No specific project site, address, or parcel is identified for either item.