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Commission approves transmittal of comprehensive-plan amendments, extends planning horizon to 2045
Summary
The commission voted 5-0 to approve Ordinance 2025-01 to transmit an evaluation and appraisal-based set of comprehensive plan amendments, including extending the planning horizon to 2045 and permitting off-beach public parking in the public/quasi-public future land use category.
The Daytona Beach Shores City Commission voted 5-0 to approve Ordinance 2025-01 and transmit proposed comprehensive-plan amendments required by state law to the Florida review agencies and the Volusia Growth Management Commission for review.
Sir Cruz, the city's community services director, said the ordinance is an evaluation and appraisal-based set of amendments that updates the city's comprehensive plan to remain consistent with the Community Planning Act (Chapter 163 of the Florida Statutes). Staff recommended extending the plan's planning horizon to 2045 and amending five of the plan's twelve chapters, primarily for housekeeping and to reflect statutory changes.
Cruz told commissioners the amendments include allowing off-beach public parking as a permitted use in the public/quasi-public future land use category and removing a previously listed requirement to provide 500 off-beach parking spaces as part of a CRA-related standard; staff recommended maintaining existing off-beach parking rather than imposing a 500-space requirement. Cruz also proposed preparing a beach-management plan to address long-term resiliency and upland protection.
Staff said it plans to update level-of-service standards for sewer, solid waste and potable water to align with Port Orange where that municipality supplies water and sewer service to parts of the city. The staff report also included updates to the five-year capital improvements program and the school-district five-year work program required by an interlocal agreement with the Volusia County School District.
Cruz summarized demographic analysis based on the University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) projections: using historical city-to-county ratios, staff projects the permanent resident population could grow by about 900 residents to roughly 6,122 by 2045. Cruz said housing supply calculations indicate the city would still show a surplus of units under current projections.
The ordinance will be transmitted to state reviewing agencies and to the Volusia Growth Management Commission for comment; Cruz estimated the review cycle could take two to four months depending on agency workloads. Commissioner Economos moved the ordinance; Commissioner Dubinsky seconded. Sherry conducted the roll call; the ordinance passed 5-0.
No final adoption occurred at this meeting: the action at this hearing was to transmit the amendments for state and regional review prior to a second reading and potential adoption after addressing review comments.
