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DeBary council approves first reading of vehicle-stacking ordinance
Summary
The City of DeBary City Council approved first reading of an ordinance adding vehicular-stacking standards to the land development code to prevent businesses from routinely using public rights-of-way for queuing, and directed staff to refine enforcement details before second reading.
The City of DeBary City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance amending the land development code to add regulations and standards for vehicular stacking, council members said at the May special meeting.
City staff said the ordinance is intended to keep businesses from using the city’s public rights-of-way as part of routine queuing. "Example of vehicular stacking is, vehicles lined up to access a certain business or facility such as a, Chick fil A, cars are lined up to go through a service window," Stephen Bapro, growth management director, told the council during the presentation.
The ordinance would add section 7.12 to chapter 7 of the land development code and apply to land uses and site developments where stacking or queuing occurs routinely — drive-throughs, pick-up zones and service areas among them. Staff said proposed design standards would cover stacking lane counts sized for peak demand, vehicle spacing and lane width, requirements for pass-throughs, prohibiting stacking or bypass lanes from obstructing fire lanes and other public facilities, signage and striping, and a requirement for a physical vehicle-stacking study with each development application.
Council members asked how the rules would apply to noncommercial situations such as gated subdivisions where gate failures cause cars to queue on a public road. Bapro said residential gate failures were not intended as the target of the code, but acknowledged repeated daily queuing at gated entrances can be a design issue and that the proposed ordinance could apply where stacking is a routine operation. Vice Mayor Butland and others pressed staff for explicit enforcement measures; Bapro said staff would research penalties and corrective actions and return with amendments for the second reading.
Council members also discussed law-enforcement options and the city’s ability to post and enforce "no stopping/stacking" signs where necessary. The ordinance includes post-construction compliance language allowing improvements to rights-of-way if on-site stacking is found to be insufficient.
A motion to approve first reading of ordinance O-1-2025 (adding LDC section 7.12 on vehicle stacking) passed on the first reading; council recorded unanimous support among members present and staff said the second reading will be advertised in the Orlando Sentinel prior to final council action.
