- April 18, 2024
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The Ormond Beach Planning Board on Dec. 8 recommended approval for two amendments — a small-scale comprehensive plan land use map amendment and a rezoning — for the construction of a parking lot for 16 spaces at 101 Fiesta Drive, aimed to be an extension of the parking for the Hamlin and Associates building at 801 W. Granada Blvd.
The board voted 4-1 to approve the comprehensive plan land use map from “low density residential” to “residential, office, retail.” The vote to rezone the .30 acre property from R-3 Single Family Medium Density to B-1, Professional Office/Hospital, was unanimous, with the condition that a restrictive covenant be added to assure the residents Fiesta Heights that the property will never be developed or used as anything other than a parking lot.
The land is currently occupied by a vacant home.
Neighbors who attended the Planning Board meeting expressed concerns with employees utilizing their residential street to access the Hamlin building.
“We deal with the intense traffic and acutely looking and paying attention now,” resident Sandra Biddle said. “So if we’re getting any more cars around us, or at our entrance, it’s going to be worse.”
On behalf of the property owner, developer Paul Holub said there would be no access to the neighborhood from the proposed parking lot. John Hamlin, CEO of Hamlin and Associates, needs the additional parking to be able to lease out the remainder of available space within the building, Holub explained.
Board members voiced concerns about the lighting on the building disrupting the homes that abut the property. Holub said light guards could a consideration for the future.
Board Chair Doug Thomas was the lone vote against the amendment for the comprehensive plan land use map amendment, citing he wished there was a masonry wall separating the building from the Fiesta Heights neighborhood.
“We just want to build a parking lot, but the only way to get there is to change the land use and zoning,” Holub said.
The items will go before the City Commission for review on Jan. 24.
Ormond Beach City Hall and all non-emergency city facilities will be closed on Monday, Dec. 26, and Tuesday, Dec. 27, for the Christmas holiday.
Normal hours will resume on Wednesday, Dec. 28.
These facilities will also be closed on Monday, Jan. 2. Normal hours will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
No need to switch up your weekly routine — there will be no change to the city’s garbage or recycling schedule for Christmas and New Year’s.
An off-duty Volusia Sheriff’s Office deputy was arrested on a DUI charge on Saturday, Dec. 17, after she was pulled over in her personal car by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper.
According a VSO press release, Deputy Julia Curtin was stopped around 11:30 a.m. on I-4 in Seminole County due to her driving pattern. Curtin, 23, was hired in 2019. She has been placed on paid administrative leave.
Ormond Beach resident Barbara Bonarrigo, co-founder and CEO of CJ Manufacturing, Inc., was appointed Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Florida Small Business Development Center Network Statewide Advisory Board.
