Land use committee approves multiple rezoning and waiver requests, advances PUDs including 266-unit Avenues Mall project

The Jacksonville Land Use and Zoning Committee on July 15, 2025, approved a string of rezoning ordinances, a pair of road‑frontage waivers and several procedural changes, including removing the city—s Tower Review Committee and folding its duties into the LUZ committee. Major approvals included a 50‑unit single‑family PUD on 22 acres, and an amendment to the Avenues Mall PUD to add a 266‑unit multifamily project. Several smaller rezones and a set of waivers for individual lots also advanced; other items were deferred to later meetings or withdrawn by applicants.

Committee members acted largely on staff recommendations and planning‑commission approvals. Planning staff presented findings that the proposals were consistent with the city—s 2045 comprehensive plan and existing land‑use categories; the committee recorded unanimous or near‑unanimous votes on the items taken up that night.

The meeting front‑loaded the larger subdivision and PUD requests. The committee approved PUD rezoning ordinance 20250091, a request to rezone about 22 acres at the end of Quiet Country Lane to permit a single‑family subdivision capped at 50 lots and matching RLD‑70 standards. The applicant attached revised written and site exhibits as an amendment; the staff report said units would be clustered outside wetlands, provide a 25‑foot natural buffer along the southern boundary, and designate several lots as limited to single‑story dwellings. The committee approved the amended ordinance (vote recorded as 5 yeas, 0 nays).

The committee also approved PUD rezoning 20250367 for the Avenues Mall site, which adds a proposed 266‑unit multifamily building on approximately 94 acres (an infill parcel currently used for surface parking). Staff said the site lies in the regional…