83-08 v RESOLUTION NO. 83-8
A RESOLUTION URGING THE URBAN AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
CITY COUNCIL TO DENY A REZONING APPLI-
CATION FILED BY GEORGE BULL, AGENT, TO
REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE
OF SELVA MARINA DRIVE BETWEEN SEMINOLE
ROAD AND KATHRYN ABBY HANNA PARK
(102. 3 ACRES) FROM OR TO RGF
WHEREAS, George Bull, Agent, has filed an application to rezone pro-
perty located on the east side of Selva Marina Drive between Seminole Road
and Kathryn Abby Hanna Park (102. 3 acres) from OR to RGF, and
WHEREAS, approval of the rezoning request may result in the con-
struction of 936 dwellings which will equal 8.82 dwellings per acre, and
WHEREAS, the proposed development plan provides for eight or more
acres of commercial property, and
WHEREAS, the intense use of the proposed residential property is not
consistent with the single family residences which have recently developed
to the south of the subject property, and
WHEREAS, Selva Marina Drive and Seminole Beach Road have not been
designed to handle the increase in traffic which will result from the said
development, and
WHEREAS, the residents of Atlantic Beach will be severely impacted by
the increase in population and vehicular traffic, and
WHEREAS, the proposed plan does not provide for recreational oppor-
tunities for the residents , and, therefore, said residents will seek
recreational opportunities within the City of Atlantic Beach, and
WHEREAS, the City of Jacksonville will find it difficult to provide
police and fire services to the proposed development, and
WHEREAS, the local schools will be severely impacted by a thirty per-
cent increase in population as a result of the proposed development, and
WHEREAS, the proposed development will severely affect the quality of
life for the citizens of the City of Atlantic Beach,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ATLANTIC BEACH, That its strong opposition to the rezoning request submitted
by George Bull, Agent, (Application No. R-83-535) be expressed to the Urban
Affairs Committee of the City of Jacksonville City Council.
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Passed by the City Commission June 27, 1983 •
ATTEST:
(SEAL) Le�l� iC
Adelaide R. Tucker, City Clerk