- January 22, 2025
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The Ormond Beach Planning Board denied the proposed Tattersall at Tymber Creek project with a 5-1 vote during its meeting on Thursday, Dec. 9, citing concerns that the development would worsen existing traffic and flooding issues. The project will be reviewed by the City Commission at its Jan. 18 meeting.
Planning Board member GG Galloway voted against, as he was in favor of moving the project along. He expressed the development was still in the beginning stages, and felt that the board should give the developer time to look into the issues.
“We do not have housing,” Galloway said. “There are more realtors… than we have houses for sale. Ladies and gentlemen, Florida’s been found.”
He also cautioned his fellow board members about turning a project down, as one can’t know if what could be proposed there in the future could pose more concerns.
The developer, local home builder Trey Paytas of Paytas Homes, seeks a re-issuance of a development order for the 84-acre parcel located at the northwest corner of Tymber Creek Road and Airport Road. This property is already zoned as a Planned Residential Development, and has had three previous applications.
The first dates back to 2006 where the City Commission approved a 68-lot subdivision, but the approval expired in 2014. A year before its expiration date in 2013, the City Commission denied a second request to amend the PRD to allow 163 lots. Then in 2018, the Commission denied another development order request to allow 144 lots.
The current Tattersall project proposes 143 single-family lots, but several board members thought that was still too many.
“If you go there and you look at it, there’s water there,” Board member Angeline Shull said. “There’s no way to get around it. When it rains, the roads are flooded. It’s just a problem, so I can’t see putting in more homes into this area is going to help the situation.”
Many residents of that area spoke at the Planning Board meeting, the majority voicing an opposition the project.
Resident Ron Hooper cited Volusia County Traffic Engineering records showing that traffic counts on Tymber Creek Road have increased 107% from 2008 to May of this year.
“If the developer wants to be a good partner, he needs to do the right thing,” Hooper said. “Not just meet various codes and leave a traffic mess for the residents to deal with for the next several years to come.”
However, resident Mark Edwards, who owns a property bordering the project parcel, thought this design was the most “intelligent” out of the the ones presented in the past.
“This property, which is zoned correctly for this kind of development, will be built on someday, and someday, somebody may build something on there with a different Planning commission, a different City Commission, that’s way worse than the plan that’s being presented right now,” Edwards said.
Despite some of the flooding concerns, not all of the property is wet, said Bill Lites, director of environmental services for Zev Cohen and Associates, the project’s engineering firm. He said 14 of the 84 acres account for wetlands, and that the rest is not marshland.
“There’s a lot of slope coming up from Groover Branch that comes up high on the north end,” Lites said. “That one marsh by Airport is wet and it holds water a lot, but it’s not all wetlands.”
After three hours of input from both the developer’s team and the public, the board was still struggling with recommending their approval for Tattersall.
Board member Mike Scudiero said there is a chance a future proposal could be “worse,” but that it was a chance he was willing to take.
“I think government owes it to its citizenry to make all of this stuff right before they come asking for other things to be approved,” Scudiero said.
A 34-year-old Palm Coast man was arrested on Dec. 4, after he was identified as the suspect involved in a series of antisemitic vandalism acts, by way of stickers, in the city of Ormond Beach.
These crimes, per an investigation by Ormond Beach Police, began in late October, and caused the city $2,150 in damages and labor. According to his arrest report, Daniel McGinnis was identified on Dec. 1, after his fingerprints were found on a No Parking Sign on which police removed a sticker a few days before. Police were then able to identify his vehicle, which led to his arrest in Flagler County.
The stickers were removed from various areas in the city, including Nova Community Park, traffic light poles at Main Trail and North Nova, areas around City Hall, and the west side of the Granada Bridge.
They contained phrases claiming the Holocaust was a hoax, Antifa to be Jewish militia and alleging sexual content involving minors.
McGinnis was charged with criminal mischief. He was released on a $15,000 bond on Dec. 5.
Florida Department of Health officials in Volusia and Flagler counties are collaborating with AdventHealth, Flagler Cares, Halifax Health, SMA Healthcare and county governments to conduct new community health assessments and develop improvement plans, according to a press release.
DOH is required to do this every three years. Residents are encouraged to participate in a survey to provide input. Visit countyhealthsurvey.com.
The city of Ormond Beach and the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce recently released its latest edition of “Doing Business in Ormond Beach.”
The guide serves as a reference tool to help individuals and business owners navigate the process of starting or expanding their business, according to the city’s website. Visit https://bit.ly/33v3Mfi.
Programs are now coming back to the Volusia County Public Library System, according to a county press release.
The free lineup includes computer and exercise classes, gardening, storytime, crafts, gaming, movies, after school programs and educational activities.
To see a complete list of programs, stop by our local branch, the Ormond Beach Regional Public Library at 30 S. Beach St., or visit volusialibrary.org.
