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Commissioners press for stronger PUD infrastructure standards, utilities and open-space rules
Summary
Deltona staff proposed updates to Planned Unit Development rules that would emphasize open space, walkability and mixed uses; commissioners pressed for requirements that developers provide elevated lift-station generators, ensure usable open space, and for stormwater systems to be owned or deeded to the city rather than third parties.
Deltona staff presented proposed updates to the city’s Planned Unit Development (PUD) regulations at the Jan. 13 workshop, and commissioners used the discussion to press for stronger infrastructure and maintenance requirements for future developments.
Staff described four PUD types—residential, commercial, industrial and mixed use—and proposed renaming business PUDs to commercial PUDs. Staff said updated regulations would promote community character by encouraging open space, walkability, shared amenities and preservation of natural areas.
Commissioners emphasized several implementation items they said must be addressed in the PUD rules. Commissioner Howington said stormwater systems within PUDs "should not be owned by third parties" and argued the city should control systems that feed into shared basins so maintenance does not fall to residents. He also urged that lift stations installed for new development be elevated and include on-site generator capacity and fuel storage, a requirement several other commissioners supported. "That is something that's extremely expensive to go back and retrofit," a commissioner said.
Vice Mayor Harriot and others asked that open-space calculations exclude wetlands or required retention areas that residents cannot use. Staff said the updated regulations would clarify that usable open space is required and would not be satisfied by wetlands or unbuildable retention areas. Commissioners also requested that developers be required to restore or mill-and-resurface public streets before turnover and that bonds only be released after confirmed infrastructure performance.
On mixed use, staff proposed allowing either vertical or properly integrated horizontal mixed-use configurations for PUDs; commissioners and the city attorney noted that Live Local developments and certain multifamily approvals had distinct vertical mixed-use requirements and that PUDs remain a discretionary approval subject to commission review. Several commissioners asked that commercial components receive certificates of occupancy early in the build sequence to reduce off-site traffic impacts.
No final ordinance was adopted at the workshop. Staff said a zoning-in-progress for PUDs is already in place and that the updated regulations would be returned for additional commission direction and public hearings.
