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Zoning Code Amendment for Drive-In and Drive-Through Facilities in Jacksonville Downtown Districts

  • When: 2025/03/25
  • Address: Citywide, Jacksonville, FL
  • City: Jacksonville
  • State: FL
  • Category: Zoning Code Modification
  • Subcategory: Process updates
  • Asset Class: Commercial
  • Property Type: Retail
  • Planning Department: True

This ordinance, identified as 2025-74-E, amends various sections of Chapter 656 (Zoning Code) of the City of Jacksonville, specifically targeting Subpart H (Downtown Overlay Zone and Downtown District Use and Form Regulations), Part 3 (Schedule of District Regulations). The primary purpose is to revise the requirements for drive-in and drive-through facilities, making them permissible by exception within the Brooklyn, Northcore, Central Core, Sports and Entertainment, and Working Waterfront Districts. The amendment stipulates two primary conditions for permitting: either the service window and all queuing lines must be entirely contained within an enclosed structure, such as a parking garage, or, if in conjunction with an existing multi-use building, the service window and queuing lines must be contiguous to and accessed from an improved vehicle use area (excluding commercial surface lots existing as of 2014), with all queuing lines located within this approved vehicle use area. This change applies to various uses including restaurants, dry cleaners, and banks.

Source

City Representative - Laura C. Hartung