Riverside Avenue Parking Lot Rezoning
At a glance
- What: Ordinances 2026-0651 (land use change from Public Buildings and Facilities to Residential-Professional-Institutional) and 2026-0652 (rezoning to Residential Office) for about 0.9 acre at 2116 Riverside Avenue, a former hospital satellite parking lot now bought by a third-party developer, to allow residential and office uses.
- Where it stands: both bills passed the full council 15-0 on 2026-10-13. Earlier, the committee: both approved 6-0 by the Land Use and Zoning Committee on 2026-10-06.
- Notes: the site is in the Riverside Avondale zoning overlay, a local historic district and a National Register district, so new construction needs a certificate of appropriateness and may go to the Historic Preservation Commission. At the Planning Commission (unanimous approval on September 17) the Riverside Avondale preservation group spoke in favor of removing the surface parking lot. The applicant's team said it has already begun meeting neighbors on the architecture.
- 2026-10-13 update (City Council): no speakers; both bills passed 15-0.
- Official minutes (2026-10-13, City Council): 2026-0651 and 0652 each approved 15-0 at public hearing.
Sources
- 2026-10-13 - City Council (council meeting of 2026-10-13; auto-captions)
- 2026-10-08 - LUZ (committee meeting of 2026-10-06; auto-captions)
- Council agendas and legislation: https://jaxcityc.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
- City Council minutes, October 13, 2026: https://jaxcityc.legistar1.com/jaxcityc/meetings/2026/10/3736_M_City_Council_26-10-13_Meeting_Minutes.pdf
- 2026-10-13 - City Council
Discussion time
About 7 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 - City Council | 1 |
| 2026-10-08 - LUZ | 6 |
Log
2026-10-13 - City Council
No speakers; both bills passed 15-0.
Minutes: both bills approved 15-0.
2026-10-08 - LUZ
Public hearings on both bills; passed 6-0 each.