At its Aug. 5 meeting the Ormond Beach City Commission approved a set of consent and ordinance items, including utility easements tied to portions of the Hunters Ridge development (in Flagler County), a land-development amendment harmonizing landscape and wetland buffers along the 1000 block of North U.S. Highway 1, and a parks vaping prohibition. A proposed ordinance to authorize city-paid parking lots passed first reading and will return for a second reading.

On the consent agenda the commission approved Resolution No. 2025-130 and Resolution No. 2025-131, each authorizing acceptance of access, maintenance and utility easements related to Hunters Ridge parcels in Flagler County. Planning staff explained the city had historically served Hunters Ridge utilities and converted several accounts from wholesale to retail rates; as part of subdivision acceptance the city receives easements and a one-year maintenance bond. The resolutions passed on voice votes with all commissioners recorded in favor.

The commission adopted Ordinance No. 2025-21 on second reading, an amendment to the land development code to align landscape buffer and wetland buffer requirements for properties in the 1000 block of North U.S. Highway 1 with Volusia County standards. No speakers were on the record for the item and the commission voted to adopt the ordinance by unanimous vote.

Ordinance No. 2025-22, amending chapter 15 to regulate vaping in parks and other municipal facilities, passed on second reading with unanimous support. The commission also advanced Ordinance No. 2025-23, a first reading that would create a new city-paid parking section; staff said details on a vendor contract and resident plate registration (to allow free parking for residents) will return for second reading and a separate contract vote.

Several commissioners noted previous problems with a county-run paid-parking vendor and said the city will work to avoid similar customer-service issues. Two procurement-related items (item 11A-1 and 11A-2) were tabled; commissioners disclosed recusals and abstentions on those items owing to potential conflicts and turned in the required ethics forms.