- February 6, 2025
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It's taken multiple meetings, but on Tuesday, Jan. 16, the Port Orange City Council voted 5-0 allowing for a multi-tenant building to be developed off Dunlawton Avenue between the Chick-Fil-A and Panera Bread.
The land, currently owned by Target Corp., would be subdivided for the outparcel, which would have four tenants. Two of these tenants would include a jewelry store and First Watch restaurant, which would have a 10-year lease. The project is set to cost $3 million, according to Glenn Storch, attorney for Target.
"The die has been cast on a lot of this stuff a long time ago," Mayor Don Burnette said addressing Storch. " ... we're dealing with the issues created now and we're trying to take a big picture approach to your project."
During the Tuesday, Dec. 12, meeting, City Council voted 3-2 against the amendment to the Master Development Agreement and Conceptual Development Plan for the Port Orange Gateway Center Planned Commercial Development.
The amendment allows for the new commercial lot while providing development requirements for the approximately 10,250 square-foot commercial multi-tenant building in addition to an off-site sign and wall sign. The lot will be accessed from the current driveways off Dunlawton Avenue and Yorktowne Boulevard.
Councilman Chase Tramont noted that while he wasn't completely in favor of the outparcel, it could prevent a business, such as Best Buy, from taking up the space.
"I don't want anything else in there. The fact is something is going in," Tramont said. "Our job here is to at least mitigate what we can. I'd just hate to be six years down the road and a big box store comes in and plants something there. To me this is common sense development."
A major concern for council members and some residents was traffic increase and flow if the development was approved. However, the developer of the outparcel has agreed to contribute $70,000 toward traffic improvements around the lot, including traffic signal timing. It was also agreed that there would be no drive-thru on the lot and the developer will be required to work with the adjoining lot owners if improvements need to be made to the four-way stop.
"Clearly the amount of traffic generation is far less than we originally anticipated," Councilman Bob Ford said. "I'm pretty well convinced after looking at the statistics that the majority of the traffic will be traffic already in the area, so really it has minimal impacts on Dunlawton."
Storch noted that landscaping will also be added.
The lot, south of Chick-Fil-A, is currently used as overflow parking for Target. The multi-tenant building would be approximately 10,250 square feet. The lot would be accessed from the Dunlawton Avenue and Yorktown Boulevard driveways. There are already cross-access easements between the lots for pedestrians and vehicles.
"The no drive-thru thing for me, that's big," Vice Mayor Scott Stiltner said. "Working on that area there, along with Chick-Fil-A, to try to resolve some of that area and those issues that are in there, that's going to be important."
