Riverside's Toxic New Zoning Overlay Proposal

[Metro Jacksonville]

Riverside's Toxic New Zoning Overlay Proposal



If passed by City Council, this new overlay will effectively end the growth of Riverside Avondale as a walkable vibrant urban neighborhood. With draconian measures calling for the closure of all new restaurants at 8pm, provisions making it illegal to sell food to go, and limiting all future restaurants to 60 seats within the Historic 'Residential Character' Areas. Here, for consideration is the proposed new map and ordinance.

Read More: http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2016-oct-riversides-toxic-new-zoning-overlay-proposal

[Jason]

Is this another April Fool's joke?

[Jax native]

Is there a way to enlarge the map?  I can't tell where boundaries are. 

[Snufflee]

Zero steps forward, 2 steps back

[regnide]

Here is the large map from Exhibit 1 of the COJ site.

http://cityclts.coj.net/docs/2016-0580/Original%20Text/2016-580%20Exhibit%201.pdf

[JaxAvondale]

This is almost unbelievable.

[Jax native]

Thank for the larger map.   

[alsjr18]

If only you non-Riversiders could see the in-fighting that takes place on the Nextdoor website. If you live within Riverside and are curious feel free to sign up here: https://nextdoor.com/invite/scbvvfpmrfmqyhgqqmhe The "get off my lawns" are digging in their heels big time and wouldn't be sad if every restaurant and bar within Riverside closed. That's pretty much their goal. The Roost debate got vicious and there's zero love or appreciation for what Five Points and King Street has done for the area. Granted there are problems but their solution is to zone it out of existence. This is just the first step.

[JaxAvondale]

Two of the Roost threads on NextDoor that I remembered started off as people who were against the Roost but it ended with more people being  for the new establishment than against it. However, you are correct that the conversation can get very contentious.

[dbjax]

Please make sure that when this bill comes up in committees (and if it makes it to council), you come and speak against it. That is the only way to make your thoughts known. You can bet the supporters will be there.

MJ is a great board with diverse opinions, but its target audience is different than those who cast the votes.

[JFman00]

Please make sure that when this bill comes up in committees (and if it makes it to council), you come and speak against it. That is the only way to make your thoughts known. You can bet the supporters will be there.

MJ is a great board with diverse opinions, but its target audience is different than those who cast the votes.

I can't be there (currently living in DC) but am drafting an email to the council now. If this passes I will strongly reconsider my plans to make improvements to my properties in Riverside and certainly decide against putting any further money into the community beyond what is legally required. Also bringing this matter to the attention of many of my friends still in the area as they purchased under the apparently false pretense that Riverside-Avondale would continue being a fun and exciting place to live. I certainly know who I won't be voting for in the next municipal election cycle.

[JFman00]

First comment to my FB post: "Well the good news is that Jacksonville is an awful s***hole where nobody should want to live. There's always literally anywhere else? And I say that from Memphis!"

Thanks Jim Love for ensuring Jacksonville remains a joke.

[Kerry]

I don't know about this City.  I want to stay here after my kids get out of high school but everyday this City makes it harder to stay.  This is like implementing arrested-decay, which is great for historical sites but not so great for having to live in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_decay

[ralpho37]

I'd like to write in too. Where can I find an address so that it reaches the appropriate people?

[remc86007]

Please keep us informed!

I'll drive over from Tallahassee if this makes it to a public hearing. This needs to be covered by all the local media. Killing Riverside could create a brain drain like this city has never seen before. Recent graduates like my wife and I are moving to Jacksonville because of the development in areas like Riverside. If you take that away, educated 20 somethings would have one less reason to move to Jacksonville.

If the old folks want to live in a boring neighborhood with nowhere to walk to, they picked the wrong side of the river.

If traffic and parking in Riverside is the chief complaint, the city needs to have serious discussions about public transit to and from the area; not rezone the area into oblivion. Imagine a 24/7 trolley service that made loops through Riverside, Avondale, Murray Hill, Brooklyn, Downtown, Springfield, and San Marco. If it were reliable it could probably breakeven on the lunch rush alone during the week as people working on the Southbank and Northbank try to get to all the restaurants in the surrounding areas.

I'm so sick of the good old boys or whatever you call these people holding the city back. The median age in Jacksonville is under 35 and we need to take advantage of that, many cities would kill for our demographics.