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Jacksonville Technical Advisory Committee outlines study area and land needs in UGB review
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting, the Jacksonville Technical Advisory Committee set priorities for a review of the urban growth boundary, confirming a need for medium-to-high density housing and noting an employment land shortfall while defining a preliminary study area and next steps.
The Jacksonville Technical Advisory Committee met Sept. 23 in the City Hall assembly room to begin a review of whether projected housing and employment growth can be accommodated within the city’s urban growth boundary.
Committee members identified an established land need for medium- to high-density residential development and noted an employment-land shortfall. The committee recommended that the city consider updating the economic element of its Comprehensive Plan to better reflect current employment needs.
The committee defined a preliminary study area to include urban reserves and land within a half-mile of the existing UGB, plus all exception areas within one mile. Members asked staff to analyze existing parcelization and development patterns inside that boundary and to evaluate separately the employment and residential land needs used to size the study area.
Members instructed staff to explicitly account for known constraints during the analysis, including Goal 5 natural-resource protections, conservation easements, and specific-use commitments that can remove parcels from available supply. The committee’s planned analysis steps include excluding ineligible lands, deriving a final study area from the results, and conducting a field tour of candidate lands.
The committee also noted that it will review two UGB applications as part of this work and will report findings to the Citizens Advisory Committee. The group proposed Oct. 14, 2024, at 11:15 a.m. for its next meeting.
No formal vote or ordinance was recorded in the meeting notes; the entries reflect scope, definitions and next steps rather than an adopted policy.
