BE_IT_ORDAINED_by_the_Council_of_the_City_of_Jacksonville.pdf

Amended 2/12/02

ENACTED 3/12/02

Introduced by Council Members Carlucci, Jenkins, Ray, Southwell, 1

Self, Brown and Hipps: 2

ORDINANCE 2001-1009-E 5

AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING SCENIC AND HISTORIC 6

CORRIDORS; DESIGNATING SECTIONS 305.101-7

305.104, ORDINANCE CODE, AS PART 1 OF CHAPTER 8

305; CREATING A NEW PART 2 OF CHAPTER 305, 9

ORDINANCE CODE, DESIGNATING MANDARIN ROAD, 10

EXCEPT AS DESCRIBED HEREIN, COUNTY DOCK ROAD, 11

AND A PORTION OF LORETTO ROAD AS SCENIC AND 12

HISTORIC CORRIDORS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 305, 13

ORDINANCE CODE; ESTABLISHING STANDARDS AND 14

CONDITIONS FOR THOSE ROADWAYS; PROVIDING AN 15

EFFECTIVE DATE. 16

BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville: 18

Section 1. Designation of Part 1, Chapter 305, Ordinance 19

Code. Sections 305.101 through 305.104, Ordinance Code, are hereby 20 designated as Part 1, Chapter 305, Ordinance Code. 21

Section 2. Creation of New Part 2, Chapter 305, Ordinance 22

Code. There is hereby created a new Part 2, Chapter 305, Ordinance 23

Code as follows: 24

Sec. 305.201. Designation. 25

The following streets or portions thereof are hereby 26 designated as scenic and historic corridors pursuant this section: 27

Mandarin Road, less and except those portions of Mandarin Road 28 which lie adjacent to Real Estate Nos. 159660-0000, 159657-000, 29

159661-0000 and 159658-000, as more particularly described and 30

- 2 -shown on Composite Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated 1 herein by this reference, County Dock Road and that portion of 2

Loretto Road between Mandarin Road and Loretto Woods Court. 3

Sec. 305.202. Findings. 4

Despite being located in an area of rapid growth, the 5 designated roadways have maintained their scenic nature. These 6 roadways are characterized by low intensity land uses, extensive 7 tree coverage and the presence of significant historical 8 structures. Mandarin Road, which has previously been designated by 9 resolution of this Council as a Scenic Road, contains the well 10 known Mandarin Patriarch Oaks located in the medians and along the 11 sides of Mandarin Road. Also located along the designated roadways 12 are a number of historically significant structures including, but 13 not limited to, the Mandarin Community Club, Mandarin Post Office 14 and Store, Episcopal Church of Our Savior, Mandarin Cemetery and 15 numerous residential structures including many of the “farmhouse 16 vernacular” style of architecture. Located along Mandarin Road and 17

County Dock Road are the Walter Jones Historical Park and County 18

Dock. Also located along Mandarin Road is the Mandarin Regional 19

Park. Protection of these roadways is important in order to 20 maintain their natural scenic beauty and to preserve for future 21 generations a glimpse of the character and appearance of Mandarin 22 as it has traditionally existed. 23

Sec. 305.203. Standards and Conditions. 24

(a) The provisions of s. 656.1205(b) notwithstanding any live 25 oak (quercus virginiana) with a caliper of six inches or more 26 located within 20 feet of the street right of way line on any lot, 27 including any property upon which a single-family dwelling or a 28 mobile home on an individual lot is located, shall be considered a 29 private protected tree within the meaning of Chapter 656, Part 12, 30

Ordinance Code. Removal of any such protected tree is prohibited 31

- 3 -except as provided in s. 656.1205(a), Ordinance Code, as is the 1 taking of any action which causes such protected trees to die. Any 2 such private protected tree, as well as any public protected tree, 3 removed or caused to die pursuant to s. 656.1205, Ordinance Code, 4 shall be subject to the replacement requirements of s. 656.1206(h), 5

Ordinance Code, regardless of the reason for which such protected 6 trees are removed or caused to die. 7

(b) Prior to issuance of a permit for the removal or 8 relocation of a protected tree as designated in subsection (a) 9 above, the permit application shall be forwarded to the Department 10 of Public Works Urban Forester for comment on the criteria set 11 forth in s. 656.1206(f), and the District Council Member, unless 12 such tree poses an imminent danger to the public health, welfare or 13 safety, and requires immediate removal without delay. In such 14 instances, verbal authorization pursuant to s.656.1205(b)(5) is 15 still required from the Chief, Building Inspection Division. 16

(c) Newly planted trees in the street right of way shall be 17 marked by stakes, unless such trees exceed four inch caliper 18 measurement. The City and its contractors shall, when conducting 19 mowing operations, take all reasonable precautions to preserve such 20 plantings and trees within the right of way and to protect their 21 root systems from damage by mowing equipment. 22

(d) All pruning of trees within the street right of way or of 23 trees around the power lines on private property shall comply with 24 standards Z133.1 and A300 of the American National Standards 25

Institute, dated July 19, 1994. 26

(e) In the event of installation of underground utilities 27 within the street right of way, the Department of Public Works 28

Urban Forester shall be notified. The Urban Forester shall visit 29 the site and make a recommendation as to (i) whether the proposed 30 installation will likely cause the tree to die and (ii) recommended 31

- 4 -techniques for conducting installation operations so as to minimize 1 damage to root systems of public or private protected trees. The 2

District Council Member shall be advised of any recommendations 3 made pursuant to this subsection. 4

(f) The Jacksonville Electric Authority shall install power 5 distribution lines underground wherever feasible, unless such 6 installation would likely cause private protected trees described 7 in subsection (a) or public protected trees to die. Overhead 8 service and street lights shall use wood poles which shall be 9 located so as to minimize the impact on trees on the right of way. 10

(g) The paved portions of those streets designated in s. 11

305.201 shall be maintained at the width existing as of the 12 effective date of this ordinance. 13

Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become 14 effective upon signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective 15 without the Mayor’s signature. 16

Form Approved: 18

//s/ Tracey I. Arpen, Jr.__________________ 20

Office of General Counsel 21

Legislation Prepared By: Tracey I. Arpen, Jr. 22

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