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Midtown board approves site plan to rezone 129 Marion St. for mixed industrial and commercial uses
Summary
The Midtown Redevelopment Board voted to recommend approval of a plan development rezoning for four parcels on Marion Street to allow industrial and mixed commercial uses, granting several waivers including surface materials and landscaping until future redevelopment.
The Midtown Redevelopment Board on Jan. 29 voted to approve staff’s recommendation to rezone about 0.59 acres at 129 Marion Street and three adjacent parcels from RDM‑5 to a plan development redevelopment district to permit industrial, office, retail and related uses.
The rezoning request, brought on behalf of Bryson Crane Service, would allow current outdoor storage and equipment‑staging uses to remain in place and grant several waivers from the Daytona Beach Land Development Code, including perimeter landscaping, vehicular use area landscaping islands, a required 250‑foot separation for heavy equipment storage from residential uses and hard surfacing requirements for parking and loading areas until the site is redeveloped, staff said.
City staff said the site comprises four parcels on the east side of Marion Street roughly 130 feet south of International Speedway Boulevard. The property currently includes a commercial building, a cell‑tower parcel and outdoor vehicle/equipment storage. The requested plan development would codify the mixed industrial and ancillary commercial uses and allow several modifications to existing code standards while the site remains in its current configuration.
Rob Merrill, speaking for the applicant’s team, described the site’s long history of industrial and service uses and said the proposed plan development is intended to “clean things up” so current operations conform to a bespoke zoning plan for the parcels. “We’re not on ISB. We’re back to the south,” Merrill said when asked to clarify the site’s frontage and surrounding uses.
Staff’s presentation listed code sections the applicant seeks to modify, including Land Development Code Article 5 (use‑specific requirements for industrial uses) and multiple provisions in Article 6 addressing perimeter landscaping (Sections 6.4(c) and 6.15), vehicular use area landscaping islands (6.4(d)), stacking distances for driveways (6.2(e)(0.4)), parking surface materials (6.2(h)(0.4)) and a barbed‑wire fencing prohibition (6.8(c)(0.3). The applicant requested that existing chain‑link fencing, barbed wire and areas surfaced with millings or dirt be allowed to remain until a future redevelopment event triggers full compliance.
Board members asked for clarification on what “until redeveloped” means; the applicant’s representative said that phrase refers to a future physical redevelopment of the site (demolition and new construction), at which point the standard code requirements would apply. Staff told the board the item is tentatively scheduled for the planning board on Feb. 27 and for first reading before the city commission on April 2, with second‑reading public hearing on April 16, 2025.
After public comment and questions, a board member moved to approve staff’s recommendation and a second was given. The board chair called the vote; members present voiced approval and the motion carried. The board’s approval sends the plan development rezoning forward as the Midtown board’s recommendation to the planning board and city commission.
The approved recommendation includes the requested waivers and modifications as described in staff materials; staff said a majority vote of Midtown board members present and voting was required to forward the recommendation. No formal vote tally or named yes/no votes was recorded in the meeting minutes.
The board packet and staff presentation include the applicant’s conceptual site plan, property appraiser histories for the Chua family / Chua Investment LLC ownership and a list of requested code modifications. Staff said a final, recorded action and any conditions imposed by the planning board or commission will be reflected in later agenda materials.
Board members and staff also noted the applicant intends to provide additional screening and opaque fencing and some landscaping while continuing to use recycled asphalt millings for the surface in the near term; full hard surfacing would be required if and when the parcel is redeveloped.
Votes at a glance: Midtown Redevelopment Board — motion to approve staff recommendation to rezone 0.59± acres at 129 Marion Street and three adjacent vacant parcels from RDM‑5 to Plan Development Redevelopment, including requested waivers and modifications — motion moved/seconded (not specified), outcome: approved (motion carries).
