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DeBary council approves second reading to expand Southeast Mixed-Use TOD and add transitional zone
Summary
On April 16 the City of DeBary approved the second reading of Ordinance 01/2024 to amend Comprehensive Plan policy 5.406, expanding the Southeast Mixed Use Area (SEMUA) transit-oriented development (TOD) overlay and creating a new TOD transitional area with lower allowable density.
The DeBary City Council on April 16 approved the second reading of Ordinance 01/2024, amending the city comprehensive plan to expand the Southeast Mixed Use Area/transit-oriented development (TOD) overlay and to create a new TOD transitional area with lower allowable density.
Growth Management Director Stephen Bap gave the presentation and described the amendment as a reorganization of the existing TOD into three subareas: the TOD core (previously authorized up to 32 dwelling units per acre), the outside core (up to 20 dwelling units per acre) and a new TOD transitional area (proposed 8–10 dwelling units per acre). Bap said the change would reclassify roughly 60 acres on the southern portion of the TOD and change several parcels from Industrial Service or Environmentally Sensitive Lands to the SEMUA/TOD designation.
Bap told the council the development review committee found the amendment meets the comprehensive plan’s objectives and policies and that state review agencies had found the ordinance consistent after transmission. He said infrastructure needs such as potable water, sanitary sewer and solid-waste service would be addressed by standard concurrency requirements when development proposals come forward.
There was no public comment at the hearing. Council members who spoke at the meeting said they remembered prior discussion of the item and supported the changes as a better fit for the area.
A motion to approve the second reading passed unanimously. The ordinance amends Policy 5.406 and updates the future land use map to expand the SEMUA/TOD overlay and create the TOD transition area; the ordinance provides for conflicts, severability and an effective date.
Why it matters: The amendment formally creates a lower-density transition band around the TOD core, changing future allowable densities for parcels in the affected area and signaling the city’s long-term direction for the SunRail station environs. That will affect how developers design projects and will shape future infrastructure and land-use decisions in the corridor.
