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Commission approves special exception for First United Methodist Church building replacement, waives masonry wall requirement
Summary
The commission approved Resolution 2025‑187 allowing First United Methodist Church to demolish and replace its gathering building at 336 S. Halifax Drive with conditions; staff and the applicant said the new layout increases setbacks and retains a gate and landscape buffer, and the commission accepted a vinyl fence in lieu of a masonry wall to protect trees and drainage.
The Ormond Beach City Commission unanimously approved a development order (Resolution 2025‑187) that allows First United Methodist Church at 336 South Halifax Drive to demolish an existing gathering building and construct a new one, replacing a prior detailed development order from 1993.
Planning Director Steven Spreaker said the new building is pulled further away from adjacent residential lots than the existing, nonconforming structure and that…
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