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Ormond Beach commission asks FAA whether golf course is allowed on airport property, adds questions about 9- vs 18-hole reuse
Summary
After extended public comment about noise and land use, the City Commission voted to send a revised letter to the Federal Aviation Administration asking for FAA review of proposed land uses at the Ormond Beach Municipal Airport and to state explicitly whether a nine- or 18-hole golf course would be an approved non-aeronautical use.
The Ormond Beach City Commission voted unanimously May 20 to send a revised letter to the Federal Aviation Administration asking the agency to review possible non-aeronautical uses of 170 acres formerly occupied by Riverbend Golf Course and to state whether a nine- or 18-hole golf course would be an allowable use.
The commission moved to amend an earlier draft and add explicit language asking the FAA whether a golf course — described as both a 9-hole and an 18-hole layout — would be permitted on airport property. Commissioner Travis Sargent made the motion to add the golf-course question; Deputy Mayor Lori Tolland seconded it.
The item followed more than an hour of public comment from residents who urged the commission to reject runway extension plans, restore the golf course, or at minimum seek firm FAA guidance before changing zoning. Many speakers said recent airport traffic and training flights over Bear Creek and other neighborhoods…
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