Agenda (PDF)

Local Planning Agency and Planning Commission · 2026-08-19 · agenda

[5100 block of NE 63rd Avenue along Waldo Road, Gainesville, FL; 13325 N. State Road 121; case Z26-000010; Z26-000011] The document is a Planning Commission agenda and staff report for a major amendment to the Weseman/EcoLoop Planned Development (PD) district. The property is approximately 260 acres, located in the 5100 block of NE 63rd Avenue along Waldo Road, Gainesville, FL, on parcels 07872-003-003, 07872-003-005, 07872-003-006, and 07872-003-009 (Section/Township/Range: 13/09/20). The applicant and owner is Alachua County. The case number is Z26-000010. The request is to amend the existing PD zoning district, which has a Heavy Industrial land use designation, to revise permitted uses and add conditions related to site development and preservation of natural resources. The staff recommendation is to approve the request. The Planning Commission hearing date is August 19, 2026; the BoCC hearing date is stated as TBD. The document also includes a second item on the agenda: Z26-000011, a request by Joel Rosseau of NexTower Development Group II, LLC (agent), T-Mobile South, LLC (applicant), and James Lowell Parrish (owner), for a Special Use Permit for a 199ft. Tier 3 Personal Wireless Services Facility (PWSF). The site is a 0.15 acre portion of parcel 05877-000-000, located at 13325 N. State Road 121, in the Agriculture zoning district with a Rural/Agriculture future land use designation. The document does not state a decision for this item. Public comment is invited, but no specific stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document. [4700 NE 63rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609 (Weseman/EcoLoop PD Amendment); 5115 NE 63rd Ave (Weseman/EcoLoop PD Amendment); N. State Rd. 121 between Gainesville and LaCrosse (PWSF application); case 26-00098 (Board item for Weseman/EcoLoop PD Amendment); Z26-000010 (Staff report for Weseman/EcoLoop PD Amendment); Z26-000011 (PWSF application)] The document is a multi-item Alachua County Board of County Commissioners meeting minutes from January 27, 2026, and includes staff reports for two separate land use applications. The first is a major amendment to the Weseman/EcoLoop Planned Development (PD) zoning for county-owned parcels at 4700 NE 63rd Ave and 5115 NE 63rd Ave, Gainesville, FL, totaling approximately 260 acres. The amendment seeks to remove fairground use reverter language and broaden industrial and government uses allowed. The Board directed staff to hold a neighborhood meeting and advertise the proposed amendments. The second is a Special Use Permit application (Z26-000011) for a Tier 3 199-foot Personal Wireless Service Facility (PWSF) on a 0.15-acre site within an 68.19-acre parcel (Parcel 05877-000-000) on N. State Rd. 121 between Gainesville and LaCrosse. The staff recommendation is for the Planning Commission to recommend approval to the Board of County Commissioners. The document also includes a staff report for application Z26-000010 (Weseman/EcoLoop PD Amendment) with a recommendation for approval. The meeting minutes also cover numerous other administrative items, including an animal shelter location decision, a land conservation acquisition, and various consent agenda items. [13325 North State Rd. 121; case Z26-000011] The document is a staff report for a special use permit application, Z26-000011, for a 199-foot monopole personal wireless service facility (PWSF) at 13325 North State Rd. 121, Alachua County, Florida. The applicant is NexTower Development Group II, LLC, with T-Mobile as the anchor tenant. The proposed change is from the current Rural/Agriculture land use and Agriculture zoning district to allow a Tier 3 PWSF via a special use permit. The staff recommendation is to approve the application with conditions. The project is on a 64.07-acre parcel, with the tower lease premises approximately 0.147 acres. The tower will be a 199-foot monopole, not lit, with no guy wires. The nearest off-site residence is over 750 feet away. The site is located outside the Urban Cluster and will not be served by centralized water and sewer. The tower is designed to accommodate four commercial wireless providers. The application includes a neighborhood workshop held on June 17, 2026, where public comments were received. The staff report recommends approval with conditions including a monopole design, landscaping buffer, compliance with regulations, a 5-year inspection, removal if abandoned for 18 months, and a restriction on tree clearing, drilling, and blasting between May 1st and July 15th to protect bat populations. The document does not state a final decision by the Board of County Commissioners, only the staff recommendation to the Planning Commission to recommend approval. [NEAR 12835 N STATE RD 121, GAINESVILLE, FL 32653; case NXFL-377] Proposed communication facility with a 194' monopole tower with 5' appurtenance (199' overall height) at NEAR 12835 N STATE RD 121, GAINESVILLE, FL 32653. The lease parcel is 6,400 square feet. The applicant is NEXTOWER DEVELOPMENT GROUP II, LLC. The site number is NXFL-377. The document is a set of construction drawings, not a decision record; no approval or denial is stated. Key dates include survey date January 15, 2026, balloon test April 15, 2026, and construction drawing issue June 24, 2026. The business opportunity is construction of the tower, compound, gravel road, fencing, and related site work. [NEAR 12835 N STATE RD 121, GAINESVILLE, FL 32653] The document is a set of engineering construction drawings for a proposed Nextower telecommunications site, including a 194-foot monopole, a 60'x60' fenced compound, an 80'x80' lease area, a 12-foot-wide gravel road, a 25-foot ingress/egress and utility easement, a 10-foot landscape buffer, and associated grading, drainage, electrical, grounding, and landscaping work. The site is located near 12835 N State Rd 121, Gainesville, FL 32653. The drawings are for construction (revision 0) dated 06/23/26, with a site address of 'NEAR 12835 N STATE RD 121, GAINESVILLE, FL 32653'. The document does not state a decision, case number, or applicant name. It includes a grading plan, road profiles, sediment and erosion control details, electrical notes, grounding notes, power/telco routing plans, a riser diagram, a compound grounding plan, grounding details, a landscape plan, and an irrigation plan. The project includes a proposed 194' monopole with a 5' appurtenance, a 600A, 120/240V, 1-phase, 4-gang meter center, a 36"x36" telco enclosure, a ground mount transformer, a 12' double-swing gate, a 6' high chainlink fence with barbed wire, and a 2,678 SF landscape buffer. The document also includes a tree removal chart listing 153 total inches of DBH to be removed. The document does not state a decision, case number, or applicant name. [case Z26-000005] The Alachua County Planning Commission recommended approval of Z26-000005, a Large Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment for Everlee Farms, Phase 2B of the Hickory Sand Special Area Plan, on approximately 997 acres. The application proposes creating the Everlee Farmstead Community future land use designation and policies implementing the new designation as part of the Hickory Sink Special Area Plan. The application will change the future land use designation from Rural/Agriculture to Everlee Farmstead Community. The recommendation was made to the Board of County Commissioners to transmit the application to state agencies with the bases and conditions as noted in the staff report, with the noted concern of the Planning Commission with the transportation aspects of this application, with a 5-3 vote. The motion to increase density to create the maximum units allowed so that transit would work in this area was not approved with a vote of 1-7. Public comments included concerns about transportation, water quality, traffic on Archer Road, density, buffers, and support for the project. The meeting was held on July 15, 2026.