City commission passes code amendments; Publix granted variance

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The Island Walk Shopping Center sits on 19.89 acres at Sadler Road and South 14th Street in Fernandina Beach.

The Island Walk Shopping Center sits on 19.89 acres at Sadler Road and South 14th Street in Fernandina Beach.

Publix to tear down its existing store in Island Walk Shopping Center in Fernandina Beach and build a new, larger one.

Publix to tear down its existing store in Island Walk Shopping Center in Fernandina Beach and build a new, larger one.

The parking lot of the Publix at Island Walk Shopping Center will have more pervious surface, as the City of Fernandina Beach's Board of Adjustment approved a variance that will allow for plans for an expansion of the store and changes to the plaza's parking lot, to move forward.

The parking lot of the Publix at Island Walk Shopping Center will have more pervious surface, as the City of Fernandina Beach's Board of Adjustment approved a variance that will allow for plans for an expansion of the store and changes to the plaza's parking lot, to move forward.

The recent approval of amendments to the City of Fernandina Beach Land Development Code and Comprehensive Plan will affect large-scale commercial development in the city.

The standards set up to govern…