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Jacksonville council approves 169.92-acre Blue Creek annexation and rezoning after heated public comment
Summary
The council approved a voluntary satellite annexation and a package of zoning changes for roughly 169.92 acres at Blue Creek Road and Pony Farm Road, including a base rezoning to RMF HD and corridor commercial and a planned development approval that bars apartment buildings; neighbors raised traffic, school-capacity and notice concerns.
Jacksonville City Council voted to annex about 169.92 acres along Blue Creek Road and Pony Farm Road and to adopt city zoning for the tract, despite prolonged public opposition focused on traffic safety, school capacity and the scale of proposed development. The action included establishing a base district that designates roughly 17 acres as corridor commercial and the remainder as Residential Multifamily High Density (RMF HD), and approving a planned development residential (PD-R) master plan with an added condition that apartments be excluded.
Developer representatives and staff said the project is already permitted at the county level and that municipal annexation primarily affects whether homes and businesses will receive city services such as sewer, water and street maintenance. Jason…
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