Deltona board recommends amending conditions for community residential home at 2001 Dalton Avenue

The City of Deltona Planning & Zoning Board voted to recommend adoption of Resolution 2021-36, which would amend conditions placed on a community residential home at 2001 Dalton Avenue.

Mr. Paradise, representing planning staff, explained the proposal would delete a condition that limited the facility to serving only “minimal to moderate” developmentally disabled adults as defined by the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Paradise said staff proposed replacing that restriction with language allowing the home to “serve adults in accordance to the agency with disabilities established residential habilitation levels of supports as may be amended from time to time.”

Paradise described a community residential home as a single-family dwelling facility that serves a small number of clients and noted existing conditions limit the dwelling to no more than six residents, require services regulated by the Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities, maintain ownership/management standards, and restrict signage to home-occupation allowances. He told the board the operation opened in 2020 and that staff had received no complaints linked to this facility.

Board members asked whether increased needs (for oxygen or ambulance responses) or parking/egress issues might result from serving residents with higher support needs; Paradise answered affirmatively that the site’s circulation, parking and egress had been reviewed and were adequate.

A motion to approve Resolution 2021-36 was made by Ruben Munoz and seconded by Allen Pfeiffer. The roll call as stated in the record shows Member Northe and Member Pfeiffer voting “yes;” the chair announced the motion approved. The board recommended the resolution to the City Commission for final action.