An effort to address complaints of noise from after-hours partying, street racing and reports of guns being brought into establishments in the King Street district of Riverside would be partially funded with new City Council legislation.
Ordinance 2024-0757 would appropriate $10,000 in matching funding for Riverside Avondale Preservation and the Park and King Area Association to hire off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers on Fridays and Saturdays to provide traffic and law enforcement.
The city funding would go toward a pilot program launched in mid-summer by RAP and district merchants to respond to rising reports of unruly behavior in the vicinity. Most of the private funding comes from bars and restaurants along King Street.