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Ormond Beach developer Bill Jones is seeking special exception requests for his two latest projects in the downtown. The Planning Board will review them on Thursday, March 10.
The first request is for a 25-square-foot sign for Neighborhood Scoop, the future ice cream parlor at 100 West Granada Boulevard.
Per the city’s staff report, the property was last used as a gas station convenience store and has been vacant since the mid 2000s. It was originally slated to become the new Pumphouse barbecue restaurant, but Jones purchased the former dry cleaning building at 124 W. Granada Boulevard and moved the restaurant project there.
The project coordinator told city staff that they are seeking the exception because signage would otherwise be obstructed due to the building’s exterior design.
The project’s sign would not be fixed to a wall, and per the city’s land development code, would need final approval from the commission.
The second special exception request for the Pumphouse is of a similar nature. The developer is seeking a 30-square foot sign along the “L” shape portion of the art deco-style building.
The Planning Board will also review an administrative request to the city’s comprehensive future land use map to include the changes caused by the second amendment to the Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement between the city and the county.
The second amendment, approved on Dec. 7 by the City Commission and Feb. 15 by the Volusia County Council, resulted in the annexation of 103 acres north of U.S. 1 and east of Plantation Oaks Boulevard. The property is slated to become a new residential subdivision, called RidgeHaven.
Additionally, the Planning Board will review a future land use map amendment for 19 acres of RidgeHaven to change the land use from “low intensity commercial” to “medium density residential.”
If a development order for RidgeHaven is eventually approved, the development would be limited to a maximum of 298 units. No site plan has been submitted to the city.
The Planning Board meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10 at the City Commission chambers.
Volusia County’s Community Assistance Division will accept online pre-applications for the Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list on Thursday, March 24, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
According to a county press release, the pre-applications must be submitted online at volusia.org/section8.
Preferences are available for individuals and families whose head of household:
has disabilities, is 62 years or older, or is homeless
A list of required documents is posted on volusia.org/section 8.
The Roundtable of Volusia County Elected Officials will meet at the Dennis R. McGee room at the Daytona Beach International Airport at 9 a.m. on Monday, March 14.
The group of local elected officials will receive information about the proposed transportation subcommittee.There will also be an update on COVID-19 and vaccines; a discussion on advocacy; and presentations about the mayors fitness/wellness challenge, the legislative season and the countywide Feed the Need Food Fund Drive. The meeting is open to the public.
The deadline for artists to apply to participate in the 48th-annual Art in the Park event is March 25.
Art in the Park will take place April 30 and May 1 at Rockefeller Gardens. It’s presented by the city’s Department of Leisure Services and the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens.
