Jacksonville’s City Council unanimously approved legislation aimed at preserving historic homes, preventing deterioration and strengthening protections for some of the city’s oldest neighborhoods.
According to a report from Jacksonville Business Journal, ouncil members voted 17-0 on Tuesday, Nov. 10, to approve an ordinance establishing new requirements for the sale of certain city-owned historic properties and creating an annual inventory of historic homes considered at risk.
the city will impose additional conditions on public auctions and other transfers of designated historic properties. Some properties will also be excluded from the city’s inventory of land and buildings available for affordable housing development…