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Planning staff advance downtown mixed‑use site plan while parking agreement and tree protections remain unresolved
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City of DeLand staff and project representatives agreed to forward the developer's downtown site plan toward the planning board and city commission while they finalize a 50‑year parking agreement with the county and add protections for a newly designated historic tree, planners said.
City of DeLand planning staff and project representatives agreed at a meeting to forward a downtown mixed‑use site plan to the planning board while finishing a 50‑year parking agreement with the county and adding specific protections for a newly designated historic tree.
Planning staff said the project will return to the city commission for final action on the park/parking agreement once comments are incorporated and the county coordinates required language. "You did see that it is a 50‑year agreement," a planning staff member said, noting the draft includes a long‑term monitoring provision.
The discussion centered on three unresolved items staff said must be clarified before final approvals: the parking agreement that will govern use of county‑owned parking, tree preservation language for a large off‑site tree that became historic during review, and exterior design/massing details tied to a Certificate of Appropriateness issued by the Historic Preservation Board.
On tree protection, designers and staff described a…
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