The Jacksonville Planning Commission voted Sept. 4 to recommend approval of legislation relaxing landscaping and parking regulations for industrial and commercial property improvements.

In a 6-1 vote, the commission advanced Ordinance 2025-0448, which in part would reduce requirements for parking to one space per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area from one per 2,000 square feet. Commissioner Amy Chu cast the no vote.

The ordinance also would change a formula for determining how much of an improvement project’s cost must be devoted to landscaping and trees. The formula, which applies to structures built before the current code was adopted in 2011, is the same for residential, industrial and commercial properties.

The proposed change would only apply to projects whose landscaping is no

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