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Planning board approves rezoning of 15.5-acre parcel at South Blue Lake Avenue and East Beresford Avenue

City of DeLand Planning Board · August 13, 2025
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Summary

The City of DeLand planning board voted to approve Z25115, rezoning a 15.5-acre parcel from Volusia County R-3 to DeLand R-1A. Staff recommended approval pending environmental compliance; neighbors raised concerns about an alleged endangered lichen and stormwater runoff.

The City of DeLand Planning Board voted to approve Z25115 on a motion and roll-call vote after staff recommended rezoning a 15.5-acre parcel at the northwest corner of South Blue Lake Avenue and East Beresford Avenue from Volusia County R-3 to the city’s R-1A single-family residential district.

Kendall Story, senior planner, told the board the property was annexed to the city on March 3, 2025, and that staff’s analysis finds the requested R-1A designation is compatible with the city’s low-density residential future land-use designation. Story said the school board issued a letter dated Jan. 16 saying there…

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