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Planning board recommends UDO change to allow larger front-yard driveways
Summary
The Jacksonville Planning Advisory Board voted Dec. 8 to recommend a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance that would let homeowners pave up to 45% of their front yard (measured to the setback line), replacing a 33%/750-sq.-ft. or 40-foot rule; the recommendation goes to city council in January.
The Jacksonville Planning Advisory Board recommended approval Dec. 8 of a proposed change to the Unified Development Ordinance that would increase the maximum allowable paved area in front yards for residential lots.
Planning staff told the board the amendment—submitted by Tidewater Associates and described in Attachment A—replaces a current standard that limits the first 40 feet of a front-yard area to 33% or 750 square feet (whichever is less). Under the proposal, homeowners would be able to pave up to 45% of the front yard, with the measurement taken to the minimum…
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