The Jacksonville Beach Planning Commission on an October evening in 2025 approved a conditional-use request to operate a beauty school in an existing tenant space at 301 North 10th Avenue, Unit B.

Planning Department staff presented application PC 2025 and recommended approval, telling the commission the tenant space is already developed as a full salon and that the proposed change would be internal and likely not require additional parking. "Shopping centers are required to have on-site parking based on the overall size of the structure," staff said, explaining the code uses an average standard for multi-tenant centers rather than recalculating parking every time a tenant changes.

Applicant Lisa Phelps, sworn and speaking on the record, described her experience operating salons since 2018 and relocating in 2020. She said she wants to teach locally and would keep the school small: "My plan is to keep it small and private. I don't want it to get large. I want to max out maybe 6 cosmetology students and 4 maxed aesthetician students." She also said the existing salon arrangement currently houses six suites with about ten beauty providers using those suites.

Commissioners asked about parking and whether the mix of nearby uses would create conflicts; both the applicant and staff said the center's existing parking and ingress/egress patterns have worked for similar uses. Staff noted the fire marshal ultimately determines building occupancy limits.

With no members of the public signed to speak, the public hearing was closed. A motion to approve PC 2025 passed on a roll-call vote; the clerk recorded affirmative votes from Margot Morin, Justin Henderson, Dean Haddix and Nicholas Andrews. The chair announced the application approved.

What happens next: The approval allows the applicant to proceed with the tenant build-out under the conditions of the Land Development Code; occupancy will be subject to fire-code limits and any permit conditions the city assigns.