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Lake City council approves land-use change, rezoning to allow industrial uses near commercial corridor
Summary
The Lake City Council adopted two companion ordinances to change the future land use and rezone two parcels from residential designations to industrial/light-warehouse zoning; the applicant said no specific end use is yet planned.
Lake City — The Lake City Council voted unanimously July 21 to amend the comprehensive plan and rezoning map for two adjacent parcels, changing their future land use from residential medium density to industrial and rezoning from Residential Mobile Home-3 to Industrial Light and Warehousing. The ordinances passed after staff recommended approval and no public comment was offered during the hearing.
City planning staff presented CPA 25-04 and companion rezoning application Z 25-06, identifying the affected parcels as partial parcel numbers 02703-012 and 02703-004 and describing the requested future-land-use change and rezoning. “It is for partial numbers 02703-012 and 02703-004. They are looking to change the future land use from residential medium … to industrial,” city planner Mister Angelo told the council.
The staff presentation noted the parcels sit next to commercially designated land to the north and west and are contiguous to an ILW (Industrial Light/Warehousing) zoning district across the street; Century Ambulance currently occupies a building on one of the parcels and is a pre-existing use under the current residential designation. The planning staff recommended approval, concluding the rezoning is consistent with the city’s Land Development Regulations.
According to the application materials read into the record by the city attorney, the request was filed by agent Carol Chadwick on behalf of Leslie Earl Peeler and Riverwood Investments of Jacksonville LLC and seeks to invoke the comprehensive-plan amendment procedures in sections 163.3161 through 163.3248, Florida Statutes. City staff emphasized that adoption should preserve internal consistency of the comprehensive plan and comply with applicable state law.
Council members moved and seconded adoption of ordinance 2025-2324 (comprehensive-plan amendment) and ordinance 2025-2325 (rezoning). The roll-call votes were recorded as unanimous: Carter, Chung (Young), Jernigan, Harris and Mayor Walker voted yes on both measures. The mayor declared both ordinances adopted.
Council discussion before the vote focused on clarifying whether a specific tenant or final use was planned. The applicant’s representative present said no final use was currently proposed, and the rezoning would allow the property to host uses permitted in the industrial zoning district. Staff noted that rezoning and a future-land-use amendment do not confer special rights beyond the zoning and plan provisions and that any future development would be subject to permitting and review.
The ordinances and related staff packet were entered into the record during the hearing. With the votes recorded, the council moved on to other business.
The action affects small, contiguous parcels inside the city limits and was advanced by the council after the required quasi-judicial hearing procedures, including sworn testimony and the council’s confirmation that no ex parte contacts occurred on the items.
