- August 26, 2024
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A former assisted living facility may be redeveloped into a new hotel.
Jay Patel, the property owner of 1050 Ocean Shore Blvd., which was previously Seaside Manor of Ormond Beach, met with the Ormond Beach Site Plan Review Committee to discuss the proposed redevelopment on Wednesday, July 10. Seaside Manor closed in 2023 after the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration denied its renewal application for an assisted living facility license based on several violations.
Patel told the SPRC that he wished to convert the building into hotel with 45-50 units, using the existing footprint and building structure.
"However, we would be improving on the curb appeal, the landscape and the parking area on the site, which would be approved by the city of Ormond Beach and the Planning Department," Patel said.
The property is currently zoned B-1 "Professional/Office," which doesn't allow hotels or any transient lodging, so it would need to go through a rezoning process and perhaps a land use change as well. Parking and site requirements, staff told the developer, will dictate how many units the hotel can have.
City Senior Planner Sarah Motes encouraged Patel that, after submitting plan to the SPRC for review, he should conduct a neighborhood meeting — sooner rather than later. Based on previous project proposals, Motes said she expected the neighbors of Plaza Drive, which abuts the property, to be active in the redevelopment process.
"If you're still in due diligence phase and you just want to introduce yourself to the neighbors to preface that a neighborhood meeting is a potential possibility, it's really going to be the best starting point in opening those relationships with the neighbors," Motes said.
The neighbors, she said, are "heavily concerned" about increased traffic on Plaza Drive.
Planning Civil Engineer David Allen said the site plan needs to ensure all traffic goes east on A1A, with "very limited traffic" going down Plaza Drive.
"That's going to be your major objection from the neighborhood," Allen said.
That was the opposition voiced during a recent discussion about utilizing the property at 1030 Ocean Shore Blvd., Allen added.
The city's SPRC meets every Wednesday at 9 a.m. The meetings are open to the public.
