Comments on: Recap: Land Use Meeting

By: biggie tea

biggie tea — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:39:18 +0000

The turnout is always as good as the agencies want it with only slight improvements due to Blogger/citizens who care. They have the means to make all interested parties aware. But you won’t get 2000 land use changes that way. Thanks for going and reporting back!

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:27:37 +0000

I was there representing myself and family as a resident of Riverside. I was glad that the planning department wanted our views but it was a bust in terms of turnout. The point of the meeting is to discuss how some of the categories which are now on the comprehensive plan map could be merged into larger categories. This would simplify one step for development because the state review would only be for the larger categories. Zoning changes which are approved locally would include all the smaller changes like going from one density to another within residential category. Still don’t understand where the historic overlays come into the picture.

When you consider that over 2000 changes have been made to the land use plan – about 65-80 per year in recent times- this could have a dramatic effect on the public process and the land use map.

One really interesting moment for me was the discussion about the coordination (lack of it) between the planning department, the MPO and the DOT.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:26:12 +0000

If they are truly going to use those surveys in that manner then I'm all about attending those meetings. It's a little unmotivating when you think you put the time and effort to attend/participate in a program that has no bearing on anything. On another topic we recently did a post on the new transit-oriented development (TOD) in San Marco. If interested here is the link: http://www.whatsupjacksonville.com/?p=141