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DeLand approves rezoning to formalize senior living campus at 450 North McDonald Avenue
Summary
The DeLand City Commission voted 4-1 on May 19 to adopt Ordinance 2025-07 rezoning 18.39 acres at 450 N. McDonald Ave. from R-12 multifamily to the McDonald Planned Development, allowing subdivision into four parcels while requiring unified campus ownership to accommodate lender requirements and avoid zoning nonconformities.
The City of DeLand Commission on May 19 approved the second reading of Ordinance 2025-07, rezoning about 18.39 acres at 450 North McDonald Avenue from R-12 multifamily to the McDonald Planned Development (PD) to formalize an existing senior living campus and enable subdivision of the site into four parcels.
Senior planner Kendall Story told the commission the request was made to allow the site — developed originally in the 1960s and operated for many years by Good Samaritan Society — to be subdivided “while continuing to maintain a unified operation of the facility as well as maintenance of the site shared infrastructure.” She said the PD will set development standards for the campus so future lot lines will not generate the nonconformities that would arise under straight R-12 zoning.
The rezoning was driven in part by financing considerations, the applicant told the commission during the hearing. The lender that would provide loans for the owner requested a parcel configuration that would allow a mortgage to be placed on the portion containing the skilled nursing facility; the PD was drafted so the parcels could be formed while the PD language requires the campus to remain under unified ownership. “This is being driven by financing,” the applicant said during the hearing.
Vice Mayor Jessica Davis asked staff to summarize earlier discussions from the April 21 first reading so the absent commissioner could be refreshed. Story and the applicant told commissioners nothing in the proposal had changed since the first reading; the plan preserves the existing site layout, memorializes the parcel configuration and requires a comprehensive review for any future redevelopment of the whole property.
Following discussion, Commissioner Richard Paiva moved approval; Commissioner Dan Reed seconded. The roll-call vote was 4–1: Paiva, Dan Reed, Kevin Reed and Mayor Christopher M. Cloudman voted yes; Vice Mayor Jessica Davis voted no. The ordinance passed on second and final reading.
The PD approval means the campus will be able to proceed with the lender-driven subdivision while the city's PD document precludes the owner from selling individual parcels separately, a condition staff said applicants accepted as part of the rezoning.
The commission closed old business after the vote and moved on to new business.
