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Residents urge council to block Cross Creek rezoning, raise flood concerns at Miller Lake
Summary
Multiple residents told Volusia County Council they oppose a proposed Cross Creek rezoning in the Spruce Creek Fly-In area and warned of impacts to wetlands and downstream flooding; other speakers asked council to revoke a 2017 permit and lower Miller Lake water levels.
Several members of the public used the Aug. 15 public-comment period to urge the council to block a proposed rezoning and to press for immediate action to address chronically high water at Miller Lake.
Residents from the Spruce Creek Fly-In and nearby Quiet Place in the Country described a proposed Cross Creek development that would add about 130 homes adjacent to a mapped wetland and a FEMA Zone AE floodplain. Speakers said county planning and the zoning board had recommended a 50-foot buffer but warned that even that…
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