2026-10-20 - Planning Board

Summary

Built from the posted agenda and the closed captions of the recording of about 2:01, which have no speaker labels; figures may be misheard. No minutes are posted. This meeting took the place of the cancelled October 13 meeting.

• Quorum with four members in the room and one by Teams (remote participation approved unanimously); others arrived later. No ex parte communications. The minutes of 2026-09-08 - Planning Board were approved unanimously.
• Gateway District Aesthetic Reviews: final aesthetic review of a new two-story single-family house with rear garage and accessory dwelling at 570 E. Romana St. Revised since August with more windows on the side and rear. Front porch width 75.4% of building width against a 75% minimum, impervious area 73% against a 75% maximum, aluminum-clad wood windows. Approved unanimously as submitted, with Architectural Review Board approval still required before a building permit. No public comment.
• Tree and Landscape Regulations: Land Development Code amendment with a $1,000 application fee for removal of live oaks 40 inches or larger, inch-for-inch replacement, updated mitigation fees, residential mitigation caps that no longer apply when removal accompanies demolition and redevelopment, retention credits that cannot offset a 40-inch live oak, corrected replacement-tree sizing, and a higher tree trust fund spending threshold ($25,000 to $50,000). The board discussed the $500 per inch commercial mitigation fee, the residential cap, the trust fund (balance said to be about $600,000) and funding a second arborist from it, a 2024 canopy inventory costing about $158,000, and critical root zone protection. Recommended to City Council unanimously, with the Darlington oak removed from the protected tree list; three speaker forms were noted. Parking reductions and preservation incentives were raised as future ideas.
• No Planning Board meeting in November. The ordinance goes to the City Council on November 12, 2026.

Agenda

Agenda posted on the City's meeting portal; see Sources.

Sources

• Event page (agenda, minutes and recording): https://pensacolafl.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2578
• City meeting portal: https://pensacolafl.portal.civicclerk.com
• City Council schedule and members: https://www.cityofpensacola.com/125/City-Council

Video

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Transcript

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