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Commission approves 84‑unit affordable apartment project on West New York Avenue with parking conditions
Summary
A Class‑4 site plan for 84 affordable apartments at 225 W. New York Ave was approved Oct. 20 with two conditions requiring recorded cross‑access and off‑site parking agreements (20 off‑site spaces on adjacent county lot). The project drew both support and opposition over scale, ground‑floor activation and downtown character.
The DeLand City Commission on Oct. 20 approved a Class‑4 site plan for an 84‑unit, six‑story affordable apartment building at 225 West New York Avenue, subject to two conditions requiring a cross‑access easement and a recorded off‑site parking agreement with Volusia County.
Planning staff said the 1.63‑acre C‑2A project meets the land‑development regulations and that the applicant had secured HPB Certificates of Appropriateness for the architecture, including approval for a stepped‑back increased height on the rear portion of the building. The project’s approval followed an extended review: multiple Technical Review Committee meetings, planning‑board review, earlier hearings on a parking…
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