August 16 Alachua County Planning Commission Meeting
Press release from Alachua County
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – The Alachua County Planning Commission will meet on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at the Alachua County Administration Building (12 S.E. 1st Street, Gainesville). This meeting begins at 6 p.m.
The Committee will take public comments in person only. The public may view the meeting on the County’s Video on Demand website.
Item for the Planning Commission Meeting:
Z23-000003 – County-initiated text amendment to the Alachua County Comprehensive Plan to amend the Future Land Use Element by updating definitions of equity and environmental justice and revising policies for industrial and institutional land uses to provide for the consideration of equity, environmental justice, and neighborhood character as part of land use decisions. Also, add equity among the factors to be considered for proposed changes to the zoning map and provide for the inclusion of environmental justice, equity, and community, historical, and neighborhood character among the factors to be included in the land development regulations for evaluating whether or not a special exception or special use permit should be granted. For more information, contact the Alachua County Department of Growth Management at 352-374-5249 or Ben Chumley at BDChumley@alachuacounty.us.
Is this inserting ESG into our comp plan? It sounds like the esg framework would then be used to evaluate all future development.