The Gainesville City Commission approved a new community development on Monday night.
The city of Gainesville changed the zoning of the Plum Creek subdivision from an agricultural to a residential and commercial area.
The development is north of Northwest 74th Place and lies along State Road 121.
The Department of Community Affairs criticized the initial plan, and the petitioner redrafted it to address their concerns.
Criticisms included the lack of conservation areas and potential for urban sprawl.
A similar plan for a community near Gainesville Regional Airport, Hatchet Creek, was saved from withdrawal by the petitioner only after Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan called the action disrespectful. The plan will be reviewed again in coming months at a City Commission meeting.
The petition is more than two years in the making and is complicated by sound ordinances, proximity to the airport and lack of up-to-date maps of the area.
"We'll be sitting here listening to a new situation," said Jack Donovan, a city commissioner. "That's fine, that's our job."
