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Planning board approves Coastline Power Solutions site plan with reduced tree-preservation area
Summary
The board recommended approval of SP24220 permitting a 72,000-square-foot building addition and a 13% tree preservation area (reduced from 15%) at 1965 Bennett Drive; conditions include revising plan labels and ownership language.
The City of DeLand Planning Board voted unanimously to approve Class 3 site plan SP24220 for Coastline Power Solutions at 1965 Bennett Drive, recommending a development order that allows renovation of existing office space, construction of a 72,000-square-foot building, and a reduced tree preservation area on the redevelopment site.
Planner Emily Kunkel described the proposal: "The request is to renovate an existing 5,000 square foot office space within a 40,000 square foot building, new construction of a 72,000 square foot building facility, and a request to reduce the tree preservation area from 15% to 13%." The site comprises seven lots southeast of the airport in the Patterson Park PD; the lots will be consolidated into one prior to issuance of the development order, staff said.
Kunkel told the board the stormwater system was designed to meet or exceed St. Johns River Water Management District and City of DeLand requirements and that a traffic-impact memo estimated about 150 daily trips, below the 1,000-trip threshold for a full traffic study. Staff recommended approval with conditions: update the landscape plan table to show the 15%→13% tree preservation area, revise the right-of-way maintenance note to assign responsibility to the property owner, and add a label in the final plan set showing the limits of the screened outdoor storage area.
Board members spoke favorably about the project’s compatibility with the PD and local industrial land-use designation and heard no public comment. A planning board motion to approve SP24220 with the three stated conditions passed on a unanimous roll call: Henry Theory — yes; Don Liska — yes; Troy Baumgartner — yes; Harper Hill — yes; Jeremy Owens — yes.
The board’s approval sends the final site plan and the development-order conditions for issuance following required plan revisions and lot consolidation. Staff will verify the TPA update and the labeled outdoor storage area before issuing the development order.
