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Jacksonville committee approves comprehensive plan changes after removing 'missing middle' policies
Summary
The Land Use & Zoning Committee approved ordinance 2025-0090, a package of comprehensive-plan text amendments including updated population projections, new wastewater and septic policies, and clarified affordable/workforce-housing language after amendments removed proposed "missing middle" policies and added a 20-year affordability requirement.
The Land Use & Zoning Committee on April 1 approved ordinance 2025-0090, adopting a set of text amendments to Jacksonville's comprehensive plan that update population projections, add infrastructure and wastewater objectives, require sanitary sewer feasibility studies for large septic communities and revise how the city addresses affordable and workforce housing.
The committee voted 7-0 to approve the ordinance as amended after members removed language the staff had inserted to encourage "missing middle" housing and added a definition and durability requirement for affordable and workforce projects.
Planning staff told the committee the package…
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