- October 12, 2024
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A developer hopes to build almost 300 homes at the proposed RidgeHaven development near U.S. 1.
The proposal will go before the Ormond Beach Planning Board on Thursday, April 13, as the developer seeks a zoning map amendment, a development order and a preliminary plat.
Snilloc Family Limited Partnership Number One plans to construct 286 units — 84 of which are slated to be duplexes — on 103.45 acres south of Plantation Oaks Boulevard, east of Addison Drive and north of the Village of Pine Run subdivision.
The project last came before the Planning Board and the City Commission last year for a Future Land Use Map amendment.
The developer is asking the city to rezone the property from a Volusia County “R-4 Urban Single Family Residential” and Ormond Beach “B-8 Commercial” designation to a “Planned Residential Development” designation.
The developer would keep 25.52 acres as natural preservation land, according to a city memo. There is also a 35-foot natural preservation area and ditch between the proposed RidgeHaven subdivision and the Village of Pine Run.
At a neighborhood meeting in July 2022, the developer presented initial plans to build 298 units — 202 single family lots and 96 duplex lots. The current plans going before the Planning Board reduce the number of lots by 12 duplex units.
The Planning Board will also review four more items during the meeting, to be held at 6 p.m. in the City Commission chambers at City Hall.
Two of the items are a Future Land Use Map amendment and a Zoning Map amendment for a 3-acre property at 1755 N. U.S. 1, owned by Wayne’s Solar, which seeks to build a business warehouse, according to a city memo. The property is zoned B-7 “Highway Tourist Commercial.” The property owner seeks a rezoning to I-1 “Light Industrial.”
Also on the agenda is an administrative request to amend the city’s Land Development Code to allow manufactured homes in established mobile home parks to be replaced with new manufactured homes. That used to be allowed in both manufactured home zoning districts in the city, but in 2015, that allowance was removed via ordinance for one of the districts. Ridgecrest Mobile Home Park, a city staff memo explained, ended up with a split zoning designation.
Lastly, the board will consider the city’s impact fee study update recommendations. Two public meetings were held in March to discuss the increases.
One southbound lane on A1A will be closed from Bovard Avenue to Bosarvey Drive through April 14, the city announced on its website.
The closure, which began on April 3, is in place to allow a contractor to build a driveway for a new development, according to the city.
In the meantime, southbound traffic will be merged into one lane, so the city has asked residents to expect delays. The lane will be reopened once the contractor completes the work.
City Hall and all nonemergency facilities will be closed on Friday, April 7, in observance of Good Friday.
Facilities will reopen on Monday, April 10.
Two new restaurants have been proposed for the northwest parcel of Granada Pointe.
The first is a Culver’s, to span 4,550 square feet with a drive-thru at 655 W. Granada Blvd. The second is a 3,550 square foot IHOP proposed for 675 W. Granada Blvd.
Property owners who would like their land to be considered for purchase by Volusia Forever can apply for the program online until May 15.
Volusia Forever, a voter-approved program, finances the acquisition and improvement of environmentally sensitive land and land for water resource protection and outdoor recreation, according to a Volusia County news release. The program also finances the purchase of working forests and farmlands.
The county states that applications are evaluated “based on the extent that properties enhance corridors and connectivity and whether they are of significant size to achieve meaningful conservation objectives, are facing an imminent loss to development, allow for completion of projects begun under the previous program, and/or serve as additions to existing conservation lands.”
There are two application periods per year. The first takes place from April to mid-May, and the second from October through mid-November. To apply, visit volusia.org/forever.
