A unanimous vote from the Alachua City Commission on Monday rezoned a 111-acre parcel of land to pave the way for the development of single-family homes near San Felasco Hammock State Park.
The city annexed the parcel adjacent to the park and Calvary Baptist Church from Alachua County in 2004. The land couldn’t be developed until it was given a Land Development Resignation designation by the city.
The property’s owner, San Felasco Research Ventures, LLC, applied to rezone the parcel from agriculture (county) to planned development (residential), planned development (commercial) and conservation on behalf of San Felasco Research Ventures…