Planning board backs first amendment to Waypoint plan development to add housing flexibility, boat/RV storage and logo exemption

The Daytona Beach Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend approval of a first amendment to the Waypoint Planned Development (DEV2024-607), a proposal that would permit changes in residential unit types, add boat and recreational-vehicle storage uses and allow a developer logo to be treated separately from the sign copy-area calculation.

The amendment would let areas of the PD that are designated for residential uses be converted among permitted residential types so long as the PD’s overall maximum unit count is not exceeded and the change conforms to a new trip-equivalency matrix, City senior planner Danley Peddick said. "The amendment proposes to revise the entitlements, but not to increase the density or intensity," Peddick told the board.

Board members were also shown plans that add indoor and outdoor boat/RV storage as a standalone permitted use (the current PD allows outdoor storage only as accessory to self-storage). The amendment adds a screening requirement between outdoor storage and abutting residential areas: an eight-foot berm and fence within the landscape buffer shown in the exhibit presented to the board. The applicant additionally requested a waiver that would allow a development logo to be placed on each permitted entrance sign without counting toward the maximum copy area required under the land development code; staff described the request as limited to the logo element, not an increase in the number of signs.

Applicant attorney Joey Posey said the flexible residential language is intended to allow builders to reconfigure unit types (for example, lakefront townhomes versus apartment units) without changing the project’s overall traffic or density calculations. "We're just trying to make sure that the branding of the community is correct," Posey said of the logo request.

Staff recommended forwarding the amendment to the City Commission with a recommendation of approval. The item was scheduled for first and second readings at the City Commission in June; the planning board approved the motion to forward the amendment by voice vote.

The planning board discussion included several questions about the logo waiver and how many entrance signs would be constructed; applicants said the development would include two entrances with two signs each (four signs total) and that the logo would be a modest element of the permitted entrance monuments. Board members asked whether allowing the logo as an exemption could set a precedent for other developments; the chair and applicant said each waiver request could be considered on its own facts.

The planning board record shows staff exhibits, the trip-equivalency matrix, and the screening exhibit were presented to support the amendment. The board’s recommendation is advisory to the City Commission, which will take the final action at the readings scheduled in June.

The board’s approval motion had no roll-call vote recorded in the transcript; the board chair called for "all in favor" and the motion passed by voice vote.