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Votes at a glance: Land Use & Zoning Committee actions, Feb. 3, 2026
Summary
Committee approved the land-use amendment and PUD rezoning for a Beach Boulevard expansion (5-2) and cleared multiple other rezoning, waivers, and variances, most by unanimous or near-unanimous vote. The agenda also included deferred items and one withdrawal.
The Jacksonville Land Use & Zoning Committee recorded the following outcomes on Feb. 3, 2026:
- Ordinance 2025-487 (land-use amendment, Beach Blvd/Cortez Rd): Approved 5-2. Planning staff recommended approval after the application was amended to remove a light-industrial component.
- Ordinance 2025-488 (companion PUD rezoning): Approved as amended 5-2. The committee adopted amendments including a revised written description dated Feb. 3, 2026, and removal of wording referencing "butchering and live animal processing." The revised PUD sets use restrictions, a 25-foot buffer adjacent to residential zoning and a 35-foot maximum height within the first 30 feet near residential lots, and includes signage and access consolidation measures intended to limit truck turns onto Cortez Road.
- Ordinance 2025-829 (conventional rezoning to RLD50): Approved 6-0.
- Ordinance 2025-885 (small-scale land-use amendment to LI, Tresca Road): Approved 6-0.
- Ordinance 2025-886 (companion rezoning): Approved 6-0.
- Ordinance 2025-887: Withdrawn (committee recorded withdrawal, 6-0).
- Zoning exception 2026-18 (New Ginger Bistro: on-premises sale of all alcohol): Approved 6-0.
- Variance 2026-19 (New Ginger Bistro: increase seating from 60 to 96): Approved 6-0.
- Sign waiver 2026-20 (reduce sign setback for existing pole sign): Approved 6-0.
- Waiver 2026-21 (reduce tower setbacks for a proposed 150-foot camouflaged wireless tower): Approved 6-0.
- Zoning exception 2026-25 (neighborhood bar: beer and wine on premise): Approved 6-0.
Several other bills were deferred to the Feb. 18, 2026 hearing. For items approved with amendments, staff and the applicant said that detailed traffic, civil and environmental reviews will take place during permitting and that enforcement of truck-route regulations would be handled by code compliance and JSO where appropriate.
The committee's votes advance several rezoning and permitting tracks; next steps include civil plan review, coordination with FDOT on access points where applicable, and city permitting reviews.
