Alachua County’s Local Planning Agency and Planning Commission split their votes Wednesday on a change in land use and zoning for an 82-acre parcel just west of Newnans Lake and bordering Hawthorne Road.
The meeting lasted nearly five hours, and the first vote didn’t occur until just before the four-hour mark. The second vote took place a little before 11 p.m. and ended the meeting.
The Planning Commission lacks the power to finalize the changes. Instead, this commission makes recommendations to the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), and both items will likely soon appear on a BOCC meeting agenda…