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Board approves site plan for Embry‑Riddle Research Park West CAT‑2 building, contingent on PD amendment approval
Summary
The Planning Board approved the major site plan for the Research Park West CAT‑2 building (a 34,740 sq ft aerospace technology building) and directed that final site-plan approval be conditioned on the City Commission approving a recent PD amendment that removes a 200,000 sq ft cap.
The Daytona Beach Planning Board approved the major site plan for the Research Park West Center for Aerospace Technology (CAT‑2) building and recommended final action contingent on the City Commission’s approval of a related PD amendment that removes a 200,000‑square‑foot development cap.
City planner Emilio Bridal presented the request for a one‑story, 34,740‑square‑foot CAT‑2 building west of Clyde Morris Boulevard near the Daytona Beach International Airport. Bridal said the site’s future land use is general industrial and the zoning is planned development general (PDG). He told the board the proposed building would bring the Research Park’s cumulative building area from 186,505 square feet to 221,245 square feet and that the applicant proposes 245 parking spaces to meet the code requirement. "Staff finds that the proposed site plan meets the criteria outlined in section 3.4(i)(5), site plan review standards of the Land Development Code," Bridal said, but added that site-plan approval is conditioned on the PD amendment being approved by the City Commission.
Applicant Parker Minchenberg described the project as a facility that will house aerospace‑sector employment and said Embry‑Riddle and project partners are coordinating parking and future Cat‑3 and garage structures. Board members asked about remaining buildable area, FAA height constraints because of airport proximity, and brownfield remediation measures for nearby contaminated parcels; the applicant and staff said FAA review limits allowable building heights and that the parking lot construction and fill strategy is part of a DEP brownfield program intended to provide a functional closure for some contaminated areas.
Staff recommended approval of the CAT‑2 site plan subject to the City Commission’s eventual PD amendment approval; the planning board approved the motion by voice vote. The item will be finalized following the PD amendment’s second reading at the City Commission.
