01-15-85 v MINUTES OF THE ADVISORY PLANNING BOARD
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
January 15 , 1985
7 : 00 P .M.
City Hall
PRESENT : Commissioner John W. Morris , Jr.
W. Gregg McCaulie , Chairman
Mrs . Ruth Gregg
Ron Gray
AND: A. William Moss , City Manager
Rene' Angers , Recording Secretary
AND: John Crofts
Tawonna Flake
ABSENT: Guy M. Jennings
The meeting was called to order at 7 :08 p .m. Chairman McCaulie
asked if there were any corrections or additions to be made to
the minutes of December 4, 1984. Ruth Gregg stated that
Ed Ras ' s name had been misspelled, Chairman McCaulie motioned
that the minutes be approved, noting the correction. Ron Gray
seconded the motion which carried unanimously.
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Chairman McCaulie called the Board' s attention to the business
at hand - Review of Proposed Zoning Changes Along the Mayport
Road Corridor.
Mr. Moss stated that the Advisory Planning Board had received
a request to rezone property on Mayport Road from RG2 to CL
and that the Board recommended that the city consider rezoning
the property based on the recommendations of professional
planning consultants . The City Commission agreed with the
recommendation and asked the Board to consider rezoning the
entire corridor of Mayport Road. He stated that the City of
Jacksonville had readily agreed to assist in the rezoning .
He introduced John Crofts and Tawonna Flake of the City of
Jacksonville ' s Planning Department . He stated that they had
made a presentation to the City Commission and the Commission
had referred the plan to the Advisory Planning Board for review
and a recommendation.
Tawonna Flake presented the Board with a detailed plan of the
Mayport Road corridor including existing land use and proposed
zoning. She explained the proposed changes . A summarization
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The CI areas fronting Atlantic Boulevard would be down-zoned
to CG because it is at the entrance to the roadway which would
give a cleaner appearance to Atlantic Boulevard and because
CI zoning is too intense for the neighboring residential areas .
The CL at Cornell Lane would be shortened so as not to include
existing residential uses .
The RG2 area fronting the east side of Mayport Road from Donners
Road to Church Road would be rezoned to CL to act as a buffer to
the residential area and because it is directly across from
existing CI uses .
The large tract of OR north of Fairway Villas subdivision would
be rezoned CL along Mayport Road and residential multi-family
to the east. Multi-family was proposed because a single family
development should not access Mayport Road through commercial .
The frontage on the west side of Mayport Road from West Second
Street to Levy Road would be entirely CG to eliminate spots of
RG-1 and CG. The depth of the existing CG from West Eleventh
Street to Levy Road would be shortened in accordance with the
existing land use .
A large portion of the ILW area from Levy Road to Edgar Street
is actually being used as commercial and would be rezoned to CG.
The small CI area from Edgar Street to the city limits line
would be rezoned to CG in order to keep an even flow along the
west side of the corridor.
Mrs . Flake then explained the proposed zoning changes along
Mayport Road in the City of Jacksonville .
Chairman McCaulie opened the floor for discussion.
George Kaser, Beaches Moving and Storage , 1509 Mayport Road,
stated that his property is presently zoned residential and
that he could not expand the building due to the nonconforming
status .
Bill Noe, 599 Atlantic Boulevard, stated that Mayport Road is
not a good location for office buildings . He felt that both
sides of Mayport Road should be zoned CG.
Fred Mills , 500 Nautical Boulevard North , stated that his
automobile repair service on Mayport Road would be down-zoned
from CI to CG. He stated that he planned to expand the business
in the future and that he would be prohibited if the zoning was
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changed. He added that there is a great need for auto repair
services on Mayport Road. Bud Gross , Bud' s Auto Service and
Repair, 980 Mayport Road, expressed similar concern.
Commissioner Morris stated that he was not concerned so much
with auto repair next to residential uses as he was with the
other uses provided for in CI zoning. He also suggested
dividing the corridor at Donners Road and Levy Road for
public hearing purposes , rezoning the northern section first .
Ron Gray stated that by adopting the proposed plan the city would
be basically eliminating CI zoning in the entire city although
the city has a need for certain CI uses . He then motioned to
recommend approval of the plan as presented with the provision
that some of the uses in Commercial Intensive zoning, which
will be eliminated as a zoning classification, be included
in Commercial General as 'use by exceptions ' , and that the area
be divided for public hearing purposes at Donners Road.
Gregg McCaulie seconded the motion which carried unanimously.
There being no further business before the Board, Chairman
McCaulie adjourned the meeting at 8 : 56 p .m.
W. re M ' e, Chairman