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Planning board backs site plan for new Fire Station 51 at County Road 305
Summary
The Planning and Development Board voted to recommend approval of a public‑use site plan for a new Flagler County Fire Station 51 at 245 County Road 305; the engineered plan includes three apparatus bays, six dorms, a satellite sheriff’s office, and on‑site water storage (Project 2025010065).
The Flagler County Planning and Development Board unanimously recommended approval March 11 for a public‑use site plan for Fire Station 51 at 245 County Road 305 (Project 2025010065). The project will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for final action.
Simone Kenny, county planner, said the county‑owned 26‑acre parcel (purchased in 2017) currently contains a 13,000‑square‑foot barn and a cell tower. The proposed, fully engineered site plan shows a roughly 15,000‑square‑foot station with three apparatus bays, six dormitories, kitchen and eating facilities, offices, a fitness room, decontamination room and a satellite sheriff’s office. The site layout includes two access points: one southern ingress/egress that maintains the existing barn driveway and a northern exit‑only drive with proposed “Do Not Enter” signage for egress from apparatus bays.
Kenny said the plan includes a stormwater retention pond, a proposed well and septic system (with the well site to be moved slightly south to meet engineering and health‑department comments), about 23 parking spaces, and a potential future auxiliary building dependent on budget. The engineered plan is intended to allow the applicant to move directly to permitting once county commission approvals are secured.
During public comment, Raymond Royer asked whether the proposed septic system would be adequate should the building ever be used as a shelter during disasters. Staff clarified the station is not proposed or intended to serve as a public shelter; the on‑site well and septic would serve staff, the satellite sheriff’s office and incidental visitors, not mass sheltering.
A board member made a motion to recommend approval of the public‑use site plan; a second was received and the motion carried unanimously. Staff noted outstanding minor development engineering and health‑department comments to be resolved before county permitting and recommended forwarding the approved plan to the Board of County Commissioners.
