Riverside's Toxic New Zoning Overlay Proposal

[Dog Walker]

"At the time I made this statement, I was thinking about 742 Dellwood. It was converted into full residential during the mid-2000s, but was built as a mixed use building in 1910. It's certainly an example of historic commercial built along an operational streetcar line at the time. You can see the storefront and streetcar line on Margaret Street in this 1929 photo:"

Small correction, Lakelander.  742 Dellwood is still mixed-use.  Office downstairs, residential upstairs and in replacement building.  726 Dellwood, part of the same property but a separate building, is rented out to a very fine artist as studio and gallery,  730 Dellwood in the same building is the garage for the residence.  Two, two-story frame houses were torn down in 1947 to build this existing building.


BTW, thanks for finding that 1928 picture.  It confirmed that we did a good job figuring out what the original appearance was and returning to it.  Some recent sewer work on the Dellwood side uncovered a number of well-preserved wooden ties from that streetcar line in the picture too.

[Know Growth]

This is almost unbelievable.

[Know Growth]

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.

Adjacent County have been happily filling militant  Anti Duval Narrative for decades.I have witnessed recent newcomers to RAP that soon bailed. (King Street area)

Kinda' makes "Jacksonville's Millionth Mania" rather maniacal.

Consider the positives!!.... decline in "Mayberry USA" Avondale will result in "affordable" housing....Yea!!! Might eventually blend in to the many thousands of acres to the west....curiously ignored now.....

[Know Growth]

"At the time I made this statement, I was thinking about 742 Dellwood. It was converted into full residential during the mid-2000s, but was built as a mixed use building in 1910. It's certainly an example of historic commercial built along an operational streetcar line at the time. You can see the storefront and streetcar line on Margaret Street in this 1929 photo:"

Small correction, Lakelander.  742 Dellwood is still mixed-use.  Office downstairs, residential upstairs and in replacement building.  726 Dellwood, part of the same property but a separate building, is rented out to a very fine artist as studio and gallery,  730 Dellwood in the same building is the garage for the residence.  Two, two-story frame houses were torn down in 1947 to build this existing building.

We are in the process of putting a conservation easement for both appearance and use on the whole property.  It's last previous use was as a biker - stripper bar with the attendant drug dealing and prostitution.  It was a tremendous drag on the whole neighborhood and we are trying to prevent something like that from happening ever again in the future.

BTW, thanks for finding that 1928 picture.  It confirmed that we did a good job figuring out what the original appearance was and returning to it.  Some recent sewer work on the Dellwood side uncovered a number of well-preserved wooden ties from that streetcar line in the picture too.

Over Laid   

Glad to Out Grow this place.What a great privilege. Cheap,too!

[Sentient]

Should Jim Love's clandestine and frequent meetings with RAP fall under Sunshine Law scrutiny?  IF not, why not?

Should RAP be registered as a lobbyist?

[Sentient]

The whole idea of creating 100 and 150 behemoth restaurants is based solely on the false restriction of COP 4 licenses...  either drop SRX requirements down to 12 seats or increase COP 4...  No restaurateur wants to have to carry 100+ seats they can only fill on some weekend nights...  NY, Chicago, SFO etc etc etc there are hundreds of thriving restaurants of 20 to 40 seats...  with huge rents...

But they need alcohol sales to pay the bills... especially in JAX (very limited disposable income)...

Wake up Jim Love and wake up RAP minions...  stop being anti competitive and protecting your monopolies...

[JaxAvondale]

Councilman Love has withdrawn his overlay bill. Great work by everybody involved to get the word out in order for both sides to have their opinions heard.

[Sentient]

Councilman Love has withdrawn his overlay bill. Great work by everybody involved to get the word out in order for both sides to have their opinions heard.

Have you heard of renewed interest in resident parking stickers?  Do you have your papers?

[JaxAvondale]

Councilman Love has withdrawn his overlay bill. Great work by everybody involved to get the word out in order for both sides to have their opinions heard.

Have you heard of renewed interest in resident parking stickers?  Do you have your papers?

I've heard some neighbors requesting parking stickers at the meeting last month. Personally, I don't see parking stickers as a solution. Honestly, I don't think parking in Avondale is a big issue. Were there a lot of parked cars in the neighborhood on Saturday night? Sure but most of the cars were gone by 10pm.

[JHAT76]

The crazy thing for us is that for all the complaining and end of world predictions about Mellow, the biggest impact to parking on my block (3600 Riverside) has been upgrading of Boone Park playground.  Well that plus residents who have multiple vehicles.  The new playground has made Van Wert a bit hairy as people park sticking out into the street.

[DrQue]

What is stopping the city from removing the unkempt foliage on the Ingleside medians that span from Avondale all the way to Park Street? That would open up considerable overflow and employee parking along the strip..

https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2975247,-81.7054053,3a,75y,117.46h,89.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saY4qjp3KGee4hzHV3zJ75w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[JaxAvondale]

The crazy thing for us is that for all the complaining and end of world predictions about Mellow, the biggest impact to parking on my block (3600 Riverside) has been upgrading of Boone Park playground.  Well that plus residents who have multiple vehicles.  The new playground has made Van Wert a bit hairy as people park sticking out into the street.

I'm amazed at the amount of people that the new playground has generated in the park.