City Council, August 25, 2026
Approves Land use/rezoning bill 2026-0530 (as amended), 18-0
What happened
This Jacksonville City Council meeting on 2026-08-25 was largely ceremonial (honoring retiring Councilmember Terrence Freeman and community leader W.C. Gentry) with most land-use items deferred to future hearings.
- Jurisdiction
- Jacksonville, FL
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 25, 2026
- Decisions
- 28 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 18-0
Projects in this meeting (12)
Each is its own project; some span multiple hearingsCase 2026-0523
Awaiting final voteLand use / comp plan bill 2026-0554
Approved 17-0Case 2026-0530
Approved 18-0Case 2026-0528
Approved 19-0Case 2026-0126
Awaiting final voteCase 2026-0127
Awaiting final voteCase 2026-0524
Awaiting final voteCase 2026-0529
Approved 19-0Case 2026-0526
Approved 19-0Case 2026-0525
Approved 19-0Case 2026-0527
Approved 19-0Land use / comp plan bill 2026-0553
Approved 17-0Free sample: decision 1 of 28
Quasi-judicial item 2026-0531
Single quasi-judicial action approved on consent-style vote, 19 yeas, 0 nays. No substantive details of use or location stated.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
This Jacksonville City Council meeting on 2026-08-25 was largely ceremonial (honoring retiring Councilmember Terrence Freeman and community leader W.C. Gentry) with most land-use items deferred to future hearings.
Key Decisions (28)
Quasi-judicial item 2026-0531
Emergency bill 2026-0640
Land use/rezoning bill 2026-0525
Land use/rezoning bill 2026-0526
Land use/rezoning bill 2026-0527
Land use/rezoning bill 2026-0528
Land use/rezoning bill 2026-0529
Land use/rezoning bill 2026-0530 (as amended)
Bill 2026-0643 withdrawn
Public hearing 2026-0558 continued (concrete batch plant area concerns)
Public hearing 2026-0560 (Fat Tuesdays bar/nightclub at Five Points)
Public hearing 2026-0563 (bar/exception on Normandy)
Public hearing 2026-0566 (right-of-way/driveway)
Public hearing 2026-0590 (Second Amendment/firearms code preemption)
Land use amendment 2026-0126 continued
Land use amendment 2026-0127 continued
Rezoning/land use 2026-0523 continued
Rezoning/land use 2026-0524 continued
Rezoning 2026-0553 continued (LDR to NC)
Rezoning/land use 2026-0554 continued
Bill 2026-0572 (as amended)
Bill 2026-0578 (as amended)
Bill 2026-0579
Bill 2026-0583 (as amended)
Bill 2026-0585 (as amended)
Bill 2026-0587 (as amended)
Bill 2026-0589 (council rules amendment)
Emergency bill 2026-0681 (as amended)
Zoning Changes (1)
Development Activity (2)
Fat Tuesdays frozen daiquiri bar/nightclub at Five Points
Commercial
Concrete batch plant, northwest Jacksonville (King/Soutel area, CPAC 5)
Industrial
Market Signals (5)
Housing Demand
Advocates report Jacksonville homelessness rose over 30% last year and…
Commercial Demand
An RV park operator (Cross Lake RV Park) reports rising…
Infrastructure
Council is forming a special committee on retention pond safety…
Who Spoke (39)
On the record: 3 councilmembers and 24 members of the public.
Agenda results
Each land-use item on the agenda, with its recorded vote7080 Wheat Rd rezone
0 Richardson Rd rezone
6919 Pitts Rd rezone
6919 Pitts Rd rezone
0 Yellow Water Rd rezone
0 Yellow Water Rd rezone
4427 Emerson St rezone
More land-use items (33)
- 4427 Emerson St rezoneCase 2026-0526Approved 19-0
- 4730 Spring Glen Rd rezoneCase 2026-0527Approved 19-0
- 4730 Spring Glen Rd rezoneCase 2026-0528Approved 19-0
- 0 Gate Pkwy rezoneCase 2026-0529Approved 19-0
- 1414 Causey Ln rezoneCase 2026-0553Continued
- 1414 Causey Ln rezoneCase 2026-0554Continued
27 items with no recorded vote on this agenda
- RESO Conf the Mayor’s Appt of Becky Morgan, a Duval County Resident, to the Downtown Dev……Case 2026-0612No vote recorded
- 0 Cahoon Rd rezoneCase 2026-0555No vote recorded
- 6302 Vine St rezoneCase 2026-0556No vote recorded
- 7020 A C Skinner Pkwy rezoneCase 2026-0557No vote recorded
- 0 Philips Hwy rezoneCase 2026-0559No vote recorded
- PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LAND USE AMENDMENTS AND CERTAIN COMPANION REZONINGS: rezoneNo vote recorded
- 0 Timber Cove Ct rezoneCase 2026-0618No vote recorded
- 0 Cardinal Blvd rezoneCase 2026-0619No vote recorded
- 331 Ashley St rezoneCase 2026-0620No vote recorded
- 1923 Lane Ave rezoneCase 2026-0621No vote recorded
- 4223 Moncrief Rd rezoneCase 2026-0622No vote recorded
- 5529 Floral Bluff Rd rezoneCase 2026-0649No vote recorded
- 5529 Floral Bluff Rd rezoneCase 2026-0650No vote recorded
- 2116 Riverside Ave rezoneCase 2026-0651No vote recorded
- 2116 Riverside Ave rezoneCase 2026-0652No vote recorded
- 1905 Walnut St rezoneCase 2026-0653No vote recorded
- 1905 Walnut St rezoneCase 2026-0654No vote recorded
- 0 Pritchard Rd rezoneCase 2026-0655No vote recorded
- 0 Pritchard Rd rezoneCase 2026-0656No vote recorded
- 3695 Hartsfield Rd rezoneCase 2026-0657No vote recorded
- 4215 Irvington Ave rezoneCase 2026-0658No vote recorded
- 0 Bella Mara Rd rezoneCase 2026-0659No vote recorded
- 11713 Alta Dr rezoneCase 2026-0660No vote recorded
- ORD Conf the Mayor’s Appt of Becky Morgan, a Duval County Resident, to the Downtown Dev……Case 2026-0679No vote recorded
- 11112 Normandy Blvd site planCase 2026-0561No vote recorded
- 11112 Normandy Blvd varianceCase 2026-0562No vote recorded
- ORD Re the PUD Originally Approv and Auth by Ord 2025-61-E site planCase 2026-0674No vote recorded
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