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Rules committee amends neighborhood bills: PNAB lookback extended to two years; traffic-calming payment moved to after 75% agreement
Summary
The Rules Committee approved neighborhood-related amendments, including allowing PNAB to look back two years for qualifying offenses (with conditions) and changing traffic-calming payment timing so applicants are billed after 75% neighborhood agreement.
The Jacksonville Rules Committee on Aug. 4 approved several neighborhood-focused amendments and bills, including a change to public-nuisance procedures and a revision of the traffic-calming application payment timeline.
Laura Hartung of the Office of General Counsel explained an NCSPHS amendment that clarifies the definition of “adjacent” (within 1,000 feet of an alleged nuisance property) and changes when prior offenses may be counted: PNAB may look back up to two years for qualifying offenses provided ownership has not changed and at least one qualifying offense occurred within the last 90 days. Hartung explained the change as intended to give the board and Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office an additional tool to address properties with continuing problems.
Council Member Michael Boylan asked clarifying questions to ensure the lookback cannot be used when ownership has changed and to confirm the requirement that a current qualifying offense must exist within 90 days to trigger the lookback. Hartung concurred.
On traffic calming, the committee amended the payment schedule so applicants do not have to remit payment for mailed notices up front; instead, applicants would be invoiced once a 75% neighborhood agreement is achieved. The amendment was described as simplifying the applicant’s payment burden while preserving neighborhood consent thresholds.
Separately, the committee approved a substitute moving oversight of a subsidy/contract to KHA and amended a Girl Scouts contract to attach new funds to an existing contract and administer through KHA; Council Member Gaffney also described a $125,000 microgrant appropriation for small businesses that the committee approved.
What happens next: The amended neighborhood and traffic-calming measures were approved by the committee and will proceed according to the city’s ordinance process; the committee recorded roll-call approvals on the amended bills.
