Daytona Beach panel upholds demolition order for 929 North Beach Street

A Daytona Beach hearing panel voted 3-0 to uphold a notice of condemnation and a demolition order for the building at 929 North Beach Street after city staff said the structure is dilapidated, in a floodplain and the owner had not completed required permit responses.

The decision came after staff presented dated photos and structural observations and urged the panel to maintain the demolition order issued in 2022. City project manager Kim Flaherty told the panel that the property has been condemned since 2022 and that the current owner took possession in 2023; she said the outstanding issue is the building—s finished-floor elevation relative to the base flood elevation and that the owner had not addressed staff comments on the pending permit application.

Why it matters: City officials said raising the building or otherwise meeting FEMA and local flood-elevation requirements would require extensive work and cost more than repairing the existing structure. Chief…