Development Review
Development Review
- Brenda Wheeler 374-5249
- Christine Berish 384-3165
- Leslie McLendon 374-5249
- County Annex Building
- 3rd Floor
- 10 SW 2nd Avenue
- Gainesville, Fl 32601
- Phone: 352-374-5249
- Fax: 352-338-3224
- Hours: 8:30-5:00 pm
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Our mission is to review all Development Plans
and Plats to assure that only the highest quality developments are built, consistent with our community’s vision for a sustainable, livable, vibrant
community as outlined in the Comprehensive Plan and
Land Development Code. Development Plans include the detailed site design and engineering components
for development projects including subdivisions, shopping centers, and office buildings.
Examples of projects requiring approval by the Development Review Committee (DRC)
- All development plans and revisions to approved development plans.
- All subdivisions of land resulting in greater than two lots from a parent parcel.
- All mixed-use projects.
- Change of use on an existing developed site.
- Replats of existing lots.
- Master plans for planning parcels with significant plant and wildlife habitat or listed plant and animal species habitat.
- Rural home-based business permits.
Examples of projects requiring approval by the Board of County Commissioners
- Development plans exceeding the thresholds established in Section 402.44 of the ULDC
- Plats, including final plats, re-plats and vacation or abandonment of all or a portion of an approved plat.
- Vacation or abandonment of streets.
General Information
Application
- Application
- Application Format
- Pre-Application Conference
- Pre-Design Onsite Meeting
- Flood Hazard Area Permit Applicatiion
- Notification Affidavit
Checklists
- Preliminary Development Plan Checklist
- Final Development Plan Checklist
- Environmental Resources Assessment Checklist
- Stormwater Management Report Checklist
- Replat Checklist
- Public School Student Generation Calculation Form REQUIRED for all developments proposing residential use.
Resources
What is Development Plan Review?
Plan review examines a project’s impacts on its immediate
neighborhood and on the County as a whole. Depending upon the project’s size, location and use, the review may
address the impacts on traffic and parking, environmental protection, the design character of the area, historic buildings, and
infrastructure systems (water, sewer, and other public facilities and services). Depending upon the project’s impacts, the developer may be required to change the project’s
design or to take other measures to mitigate those impacts.
Plan review is divided into Preliminary and Final. Preliminary Development Plans provide a general layout of the proposed project at a lower level of detail than that required for Final Plans.
Final Development Plans provide the detailed engineering or construction drawings.
The types of applications that typically require Development Plan Review are residential subdivision, commercial, or office buildings. The following are examples of what the Land Development Code requires for
construction during the Development Review Process:
Designation of Open Space
Tree Protection
Location of Buildings
Parking Areas
Street Networks
Landscaping and Buffers
Who is involved in the review of applications?
Development plans are reviewed by staff from Growth Management, Environmental Protection, Public Works, Public Safety, Health Department, Gainesville Regional Utilities, Clay Electric and the Sheriff’s Office.
Who decides?
The Development Review Committee (DRC) approves, approves with conditions or denies all applications. The Development Review Committee is comprised of a staff member from 3 different County Departments who are not involved in the review.
