- November 23, 2024
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A commercial building is one step closer to being constructed within the Plantation Oaks subdivision.
On Thursday, July 11, the Ormond Beach Planning Board voted 6-0 to recommend approval for amendment to Plantation Oak’s Planned Residential Development to allow a 12,500-square-foot commercial building on a 1.58-acre parcel at 1730 Plantation Oaks Blvd. Board member Mike Scudiero was absent.
The building is slated to have office, retail and restaurant uses on the first floor, with mini-rental storage units on the second floor.
“It’s going to be about a $7 million building,” said Parker Mynchenberg, engineer and developer of Plantation Oaks. “I have some boat/RV parking in my manufactured home community. I think the second floor having some air conditioned storage, people from that community and the other communities — Archers Mill and Fountain View — they’re going to need a place to store.”
Mynchenberg conducted a neighborhood meeting to discuss the proposal on June 10 at the Plantation Oaks Clubhouse, and the city noted in its report that no objections from attendees were raised.
One homeowner did speak at the Planning Board meeting, stating that homebuilder DR Horton didn’t communicate to buyers that the property at 1730 Plantation Oaks Blvd. was designated as commercial space.
Planning Board member Al Jorczak said he thought the building was a good idea for the parcel.
“The units aren’t really super large, and with the amount of housing that’s going in out there, it would be a boon to the entire area that’s being developed residentially,” Jorczak said.
At the meeting, the Planning Board also approved a special exception to expand Lowe’s permanent outdoor storage by way of a 5-1 vote; Chair Doug Thomas voted against.
“I think we’re getting a little too far in allowing a lot of outdoor storage to the city,” Thomas said.
Lowe’s special exception seeks to bring the store into compliance as City Hall received a complaint in January that the store had gone beyond the approved outdoor display area limits.
The board also reviewed the PRD, Planned Business Development, Planned Industrial Development and Planned Mixed Use Development zoning districts, and discussed possible updates to the city’s electronic changeable copy signage ordinance.
The Volusia County Council will hold a public workshop to address permitting, zoning and development regulations at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, in the County Council Chambers in DeLand.
According to the powerpoint presentation, the council will discuss uses in the I-2 “Heavy Industrial” zoning district that may need to be updated or removed.
The county’s current I-2 zoning district includes a broad rage of uses — any industrial use is allowed by right, unless it is identified as requiring approval of a special exception, according to the presentation.
The development proposal by Belvedere Terminals to construct a fuel terminal at 874 Hull Road, which is zoned I-2, brought this to the attention of the council last year. The county is proposing the creation of a “cohesive list of uses allowed by right, conditional use, and special exception,” as outlined in the presentation.
The members will also discuss changes to the county’s zoning ordinance, special exceptions, permitting and infill opportunities.
Culver’s, to be located at 655 W. Granada Blvd., has started construction.
The restaurant will span 4,550 square feet and include both outdoor and indoor seating, as well as a drive-thru window once constructed. It will be the latest development in the 32-acre Granada Pointe project. WaWa opened in 2019 and the car wash, now operated by Whistle Express Car Wash, was constructed about four years ago.
An IHOP is also in the works for Granada Pointe, to be constructed next to Culver’s.
Volusia County’s Dune Recovery Project, which aims to restore the dunes impacted by Hurricanes Ian and Nicole, is scheduled to begin late this year. But, dunes in Ormond Beach and Ormond-by-the-Sea will likely need to wait a little longer for sand.
The project, funded by grants from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, will place sand along designated areas of beach at no cost to eligible property owners with an easement on record with the county.
The county does not expect the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sand placement project to have enough sand to extend as far north as Ormond this time, county spokesperson Clayton Jackson told the Observer.
“However, if additional sand becomes available through any easements provided will allow for the county to place sand as those resources become available,” he said.
