City Council member Matt Carlucci tailoring bill to protect custom-zoned areas

His ordinance would require a two-thirds Council vote on projects such as the Lofts at Southbank self-storage/residential/retail complex.


  • By Ric Anderson
  • | 12:05 a.m. August 7, 2024
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The Lofts at Southbank apartments and storage unit project was approved by Jacksonville City Council 11-8 despite being in a Downtown Zoning Overlay that prohibited storage units.
The Lofts at Southbank apartments and storage unit project was approved by Jacksonville City Council 11-8 despite being in a Downtown Zoning Overlay that prohibited storage units.
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After gathering input from his Jacksonville City Council colleagues, Council member Matt Carlucci is fine-tuning his proposed legislation to strengthen the city’s zoning overlay districts.

Carlucci has drafted a substitute to his bill, Ordinance 2024-0373, which would require a two-thirds Council vote for approval of rezonings of properties in the districts to Planned Unit Development. 

Jacksonville City Council member Matt Carlucci.
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