Lot Splits
Zoning Administration
- Benny Beckham
- Administrator
- County Annex Building
- 1st Floor
- 10 SW 2nd Avenue
- Gainesville, Fl 32601
- Phone: 352-374-5243
- Fax: 352-491-4510
- Hours: 8:30-4:00 pm
- Map
- GM staff directory
- County staff directory
What is a Parent Tract?
It is a lot of record that existed on October 2, 1991, the date of the Alachua County Comprehensive Plan adoption, or a parcel of land fronting on a public road and divided by an easement road approved by variance to Road Ordinance 18 prior to May 7, 1992.
What criteria must be met for dividing a parent parcel?
A parent tract can be divided once without meeting the subdivision regulations if the following conditions are met:
- Tract has frontage on and direct access to an existing publicly maintained street and meets all frontage requirements.
- Joint driveway access can be provided if both lots will not have road frontage if approved by the County Engineer.
- A parent tract not fronting a public road may not be split unless a variance to the public road frontage requirement is granted by the Board of Adjustment in accordance with Section 401.11(a)3
- A parent tract that was created by a variance granted by the Board of Adjustment or County Commission may not be split
- The lot split must be memorialized in a document recorded in the public record
Any other lot splits not meeting the requirements above will be considered subdivisions and must go through the Development Review Process and comply with the Subdivision Regulations found in Chapter 407, Article 8. of the ULDC.
A subdivision consists of the platting of real property into three or more lots, parcels, tracts, tiers, blocks, sites, units, or any other division.
What is a Lot of Record?
A lot which had been assigned a parcel number by the Alachua County Property Appraiser’s Office prior to May 7, 1992, and which met the applicable
subdivision regulations of Alachua County at the time the lot was created;
A lot that was created by a deed or by a contract for deed executed prior to May 7, 1992, and which met the applicable subdivision regulations of Alachua
County at the time the lot was created;
A lot created by a separate legal description where a building permit has been issued;
Lots created by either the County Commission or Board of Adjustment of Alachua County.
What is a subdivision?
It is the platting of real property into three or more lots, parcels, tracts, tiers, blocks, sites, units, or any other division. Subdivision includes the establishment of new streets and alleys, additions, and re-subdivisions; and, when appropriate to the context, subdivision applies to the process of subdividing or to the lands or area to be subdivided.
