On Thursday, the Jacksonville Planning Commission recommended approval for:
• Ordinance 2018-826, a small-scale land use amendment, and companion Ordinance 2018-827 to rezone a 1.1-acre Riverside site for a proposed residential subdivision.
JWB Real Estate Capital, led by Alex Sifakis, partnered with Curtis Hart of Hart Resources LLC to develop the community to be named The Courtyard on College.
The applicant seeks to change the land use from community/general commercial to medium density residential and rezone the property from planned unit development to PUD, changing the plan of development.
The proposed project, at 2900 College St., is within the Riverside-Avondale Zoning Overlay and received a certificate of appropriateness from the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission in 2018.
The COA governs the exterior architectural design of the homes, requiring one- and two-story building elevations.
The community is designed as a “pocket neighborhood,” which is a group of homes clustered around a shared open space. The courtyard is a 19 feet by 360 feet of landscaped shared space between the backs of the homes.
The vacant property was approved in 2008 for a mixed-use development of two three-story buildings with commercial use on the first floor and 12 apartments on the second and third floors of each building. The development was not started.
• Ordinance 2018-825, to amend the land use of 120.86 acres at southwest Interstate 295 and Florida 9B from light industrial to community/general commercial and to rezone the property under Ordinance 2018-664 from industrial light to commercial community/general-1 to develop the site for commercial uses.
The owner is Westland Timber LLC, led by Jed Davis.
Also on Thursday, the Jacksonville City Council Land Use & Zoning Committee recommended rezoning approval for Ordinance 2018-667 for a concrete batch plant at Dunn Creek Road, reversing recommendations of denial from the Planning and Development Department and the Planning Commission.
The basis of the recommendation relates to the transition of the area to industrial uses. As a condition of approval the applicant reduced the height of the batch plant tower from 80 feet to 65 feet. The site, about 10 acres, is proposed for the batch plant and other potential industrial and commercial uses.
The Planning Commission recommendations will be forwarded to the Land Use & Zoning Committee for consideration and LUZ recommendations will be heard by the full council.
