Commission advances broad planning package: rezoning, comp-plan updates, annexation and redevelopment introductions scheduled for May 21

The Daytona Beach City Commission moved multiple planning and land‑use items forward during the meeting, combining a second‑reading rezoning approval with the introduction of several first‑reading ordinances and scheduled public hearings. Taken together, the items form a broad planning package that includes rezonings, small‑scale and large‑scale comprehensive plan amendments, planned‑development agreements, voluntary annexation, and land‑development code text changes. Key actions taken and scheduled: - ERAU West Plan District rezoning (Item 9a): The commission adopted an ordinance on second reading rezoning roughly 6.58 acres at the northwest and southwest corners of S. Clyde Morris Blvd. and S. Bellevue Ave. from M‑3 (General Industrial) to PD‑G (Planned Development – General), approving the first amendment to the Embry‑Riddle (Emery Riddle) Research Park West plan district agreement and authorizing execution. Motioned by Commissioner Cantu with a second from Commissioner Strickland, the item passed on a 7‑0 vote. - EAR (Evaluation and Appraisal Report) large‑scale comprehensive plan amendment (Item 9b): The commission introduced an ordinance on first reading adopting comprehensive plan amendments across many elements (future land use, housing, transportation, infrastructure, conservation, coastal, recreation, redevelopment, economic, historic, capital improvements, public schools and facilities, property rights) to implement the city’s Evaluation and Appraisal Report; final public hearing and action set for July 2, 2025. - A series of first‑reading introductions (Items 10a–10i): These include amendments to the Interstate 95/LPGA Boulevard PD to modify special‑event standards; an amendment to the Walmart Supercenter/Sam’s Club planned commercial development to modify parking, building coverage and signage; small‑scale and planned‑development items for 129 Marion Street (0.59 acres) that change future land use to local service industrial and rezone to a planned development redevelopment district; voluntary annexation and plan‑district approvals for Tomoka Farms Road Apartments (about 30.8 acres) including a proposed 344‑unit multifamily complex; LDC text amendments on stacking spaces and temporary fencing; and a proposed amendment to the city’s residential rental registration program to carry forward prior licensing fees. Nut graf: The package advances multiple parallel land‑use processes — from a locally targeted rezoning that passed on second reading to citywide comprehensive‑plan updates — and schedules the public hearings necessary to finalize those changes. Discussion and context: Commissioners and staff confirmed public‑hearing dates for the various items (many set May 21 for final action on introduced ordinances; the EAR package was set for July 2 final action). For the ERAU West rezoning, no members of the public signed up to speak and the ordinance passed 7‑0. Several of the introduced items address redevelopment and infill in defined planning districts and were presented by the Growth Management and Planning Department as standard ordinance introductions; commissioners had limited on‑record questions and thanked staff for rapid processing on select text amendments affecting older neighborhoods (stacking space rules). What the commission did not do: Most of the introduced items were first readings — they do not constitute final approvals; the EAR package still requires a second public hearing and final action on July 2. Next steps: Staff will proceed with public‑notice requirements and return items for public hearings and final action on the dates announced.