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Committee approves multiple land-use items including two industrial rezoning ordinances; several minor waivers pass with unanimous support
Summary
The Duval County Land Use & Zoning Committee approved several ordinances on March 17, including two industrial land‑use/rezonings along Zoo Parkway and multiple administrative waivers and rezoning companion ordinances; most items were approved unanimously with limited discussion.
The Duval County Land Use & Zoning Committee voted March 17 to approve multiple staff-recommended land-use and rezoning items, recording unanimous or near-unanimous votes on several ordinances and waivers that staff had forwarded with Planning Commission recommendations.
Notable actions included approval of a small-scale land-use amendment (Ordinance 2026-83) and its companion conventional rezoning (Ordinance 20260084) to convert 42.58 acres along Zoo Parkway from “water dependent and water related” to light industrial and to rezone the site to industrial light. Planning staff said the location fronts an arterial roadway and is adjacent to large industrial parcels; the Planning Commission had unanimously recommended approval with no speakers in opposition. The committee approved these items with a recorded 7–0 vote.
The committee also approved several other staff-recommended items with limited public comment, including:
- Ordinance 20260085 (small-scale land-use amendment converting 0.64 acres at 5975 Park Street from public buildings and facilities to low-density residential), approved as amended with a recorded 6–0 vote. - Companion conventional rezoning 20260086 (rezoning approximately 0.64 acres consistent with surrounding RLD-60 zoning), approved 6–0 as amended. - Waiver of road frontage 2026132 (reducing minimum required frontage to allow two single-family dwellings), approved 6–0. - Sign-setback waiver 2026135 for an existing pole sign (refacing), approved 6–0.
Several items were deferred or continued to the April 7 public hearing cycle, and at least one PUD rezoning (20260015) seeking changes for a separate 14.17-acre site was tabled for additional questions after applicant Brian Small met with councilmembers in a green-room discussion.
Votes were recorded on the public record by the committee clerk (recorded votes ranged from 6–0 to 7–0 depending on the item). The committee adjourned after reading a list of second-reading items scheduled to continue through the regular process.
