Things are happening on Sadler Road . . .

By Susan Hardee Steger

Photos  by

Chris Whelan

May 24, 2018 5:43 p.m.

New Hotel

Lot clearing on Sadler Road, the future home of a hotel. Photos courtesy of Chris Whalen.

There seems to be a lot of activity on Sadler Road, so we decided to update you on two parcels; one is being developed, the other is up for a zoning change.

The Sadler Road area, home to three hotels, will soon have a fourth.  Although not confirmed, word from an adjacent property owner is a Hilton Hotel is coming to the south side of Sadler Road just east of DeNucci's Soft Serve Ice Cream. The Nassau County Planning Department is working with the developers. A voluntary annexation agreement will be signed with the City of Fernandina Beach  so the hotel can connect to city water and sewer.

Hotels require big footprints for multiple rooms and extensive  parking requirements, so trees were removed.  Near the front of the property a number of trees are still standing.  (An amendment to the Land Development Code (37.02)  addressing tree protection and replacement, will not be heard by the Board of County Commissioners until June 11 at 6:00 p.m.)

Request for Zoning Change Parcel #00-00-30-0600-0002-0182 & Public Hearing

To the west of Denucci's (see map) is a parcel also located in Nassau County.  According to Sue Ann Alleger, county planner, the applicant "proposes to rezone approximately 0.88 acre from Residential Single-Family 2 (RS-2) to Commercial General (CG)."

A public hearing is schedule by the Nassau County Planning and Zoning Board on June 5, at 6:00 p.m. in the Nassau County Board of Commission Chambers located at 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee, Fl 32097.

Following the public hearing, BOCC will have the zoning change on their agenda for June 25^, at 6:00pm or soon thereafter.  The meeting will also be in the Commission Chambers at the James S. Page Governmental Complex, 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee, FL, 30297.