Deltona planning board recommends temporary moratorium on new residential development

The Deltona Planning and Zoning Board voted 4-3 to recommend that the City Commission adopt Ordinance 29-2025, a temporary moratorium of up to nine months on new residential development applications, rezonings and comprehensive-plan amendments.

Board members and staff said the pause is intended to give the city time to study infrastructure capacity, update land-development codes, and complete an impact-fee study before approving additional residential entitlements. "The moratorium targets new residential development applications including rezonings and plan amendments for residential uses," staff said during the presentation.

The ordinance text as presented would exempt commercial, industrial, office and school projects; projects on city- or Community Redevelopment Agency–owned land; applications with approved site plans or entitlements vested prior to June 30; and specific projects listed in Exhibit A. Staff told the board Exhibit A initially listed 24 ongoing projects totaling about 4,250 residential units; a revised Exhibit A later marked one Halifax option as contingent and showed an Option B of 575…