15 Simmons Street UBEX-14-00100044 PresentationRequest for use-by-exception as permitted by
Section 24-111 (c)(10), to allow the sale of
used automobiles in the Commercial General
(CG) Zoning District at 15 Simmons Street.
UBEX-14-00100044
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Project Information
Property is zoned Commercial General (CG)
Part of a larger 2.04 acre parcel that will need to be
subdivided if use-by-exception is approved
Property currently has a small home that will be used
as an office
Applicants plan to construct a parking lot with asphalt
millings that will house approximately 20 cars.
Commercial General Zoning District
Per 24-111 (c) (10), a use-by-exception is required for
“sale of new and used automobiles, motorcycles and
boats, and automotive leasing establishments” in the
Commercial General zoning district.
Section 24-111 (a) states, “Within the City of Atlantic
Beach, the CG zoning district is intended for uses,
which provide general retail sales and services for the
City of Atlantic Beach and the closely surrounding
neighborhoods”.
Comprehensive Plan
Policy A.1.10.5 states, “Along the Mayport Road
corridor, the continuation and proliferation of light
industrial uses, automotive sales and repair
businesses and other more intensive commercial
business activities shall be discouraged in favor of
those businesses and uses that provide neighborhood
serving retail products and services that generate daily
activity and interaction between residents of the
surrounding neighborhoods”
Comprehensive Plan
Policy A.1.3 states, The City shall encourage future
development and redevelopment, which 1) retains the
exceptionally high quality of life and the predominately
residential character of the City of Atlantic Beach.
Goal A.1 states, The City shall manage growth and
redevelopment in a manner, which results in a pattern of
land uses that: 1) encourages, creates, and maintains a
healthy and aesthetically pleasing built environment, 2)
avoids blighting influences, 4) maintains the City’s distinct
residential community character
Policy A.1.10.4 states that, “retail and service uses that
sustain neighborhoods, and encourage a more
aesthetically pleasing and pedestrian friendly environment
shall be encouraged”.
The review of any application for a use-by-exception shall consider each of the following:
1) Ingress and egress to property and proposed Structures thereon with particular reference to vehicular
and pedestrian safety and convenience, traffic flow and control and access in case of fire or
catastrophe.
2) Off-street parking and loading spaces, where required, with particular attention to the items in
[subsection] (1) above.
(3) The potential for any adverse impacts to adjoining properties and properties generally in the area
resulting from excessive noise, glare and lighting, odor, traffic and similar characteristics of the use -
by-exception being requested.
(4) Refuse and service areas, with particular reference to items [subsections] (1) and (2) above.
(5) Utilities, with reference to locations, availability and compatibility.
(6) Screening and buffering, with reference to type, dimensions and character.
(7) Signs, if any, and proposed exterior lighting, with reference to glare, traffic safety, economic effects
and compatibility and harmony with properties in the district (see "Signs and advertising," chapter
17).
(8) Required yards and other open space.
(9) General compatibility with adjacent properties and other property in the surrounding Zoning District
as well as consistency with applicable provisions of the comprehensive plan.
(10) For those properties within the commercial corridors, consistency with the intent of section 24-171,
commercial corridor development standards.
(11) Number of similar businesses that exist in the area with consideration that such uses are intended
to be an exception and not to excessively proliferate in one (1) area of the city.
Note: There are four used car dealers on the Atlantic Beach portion of Mayport Road and three on the
City of Jacksonville portion of Mayport Road. Several of these are in very close proximity to the
proposed use-by-exception.
Findings of Fact for Approval
The Community Development Board may consider a motion to recommend approval to
the City Commission of a requested Use-by-Exception (File No. UBEX 14-00100044) to
allow the sale of used automobiles within the Commercial General (CG) Zoning District
and located at 15 Simmons Street provided:
1. Approval of this Use-by-Exception is consistent with the intent of the Comprehensive
Plan.
2. Approval of this Use-by-Exception is in compliance with the requirements of Section 24-
63, Zoning, Subdivision and Land Development Regulations.
3. The requested use is consistent with Section 24-111(c) in that the proposed use is found
to be consistent with the uses permitted in the CG zoning district with respect to
intensity of use, traffic impacts and compatibility with existing industrial uses,
commercial uses and any nearby residential uses.
4. The requested use is consistent with the intended redevelopment of the Mayport Road
corridor.
Findings of Fact for Denial
The Community Development Board may consider a motion to recommend denial to
the City Commission of a requested Use-by-Exception (File No. UBEX 14-00100044) to
allow the sale of used automobiles within the Commercial General (CG) Zoning District
and located at 15 Simmons Street provided:
1. Approval of this Use-by-Exception is not consistent with the intent of the
Comprehensive Plan.
2. Approval of this Use-by-Exception is not in compliance with the requirements of Section
24-63, Zoning, Subdivision and Land Development Regulations.
3. The requested use is not consistent with Section 24-111(c) in that the proposed use is
found to be inconsistent with the uses permitted in the CG zoning district with respect to
intensity of use, traffic impacts and compatibility with existing industrial uses,
commercial uses and any nearby residential uses.
4. The requested use is not consistent with the intended redevelopment of the Mayport
Road corridor.