Planning staff provided a detailed update on upcoming Planning Commission items and a multi-section Local Development Code (LDC) revision.

Staff said the agenda for the next Planning Commission meeting will include a requested comprehensive-plan change for Peach Lane that an applicant has linked to a potential truck stop and a Lloyd exit. Staff told the board the application indicates the future land-use change but that the application itself is vague on details; traffic reviews by the Department of Transportation are still pending. Staff cautioned the board to approach large zoning changes with care to avoid long-term liabilities for county funds.

The planning department also said it will bring LDC revisions in sections 1–9 to the commission to address residential-care facilities, halfway houses and treatment facilities, and to simplify public-advertising requirements so the application process is clearer for applicants and staff. Staff described one recent site-plan matter in South Jacksonville where an initial auto-sales proposal was reduced to a smaller tire-sales plan in response to setback and parking constraints; the county’s wetland protection rules (an 80-foot wetland setback that can shrink to 25 feet when less than half an acre remains developable) were cited as a controlling factor in how the site could be developed.

Staff asked the board for informational questions only about the merits of pending private applications and recommended that procedural inquiries be directed to staff. The planning department said it will continue to post reviews and support materials in the meeting agenda package online.