City staff says capacity adequate in 2025 concurrency report; recommends updating level-of-service standards

Daytona Beach Shores staff presented the city's 2025 concurrency management report on Dec. 2 and concluded that the municipality has adequate public-facility capacity for new development under current rules, although some public school facilities show 'on-paper' deficiencies.

Director Cruz (presenting staff analysis) said the report evaluates roads, sanitary sewer, solid waste, stormwater drainage, potable water, recreation/open space and public schools, in keeping with the city's land development code. Cruz told commissioners that while RJ Longstreet Elementary shows surplus capacity, Silver Sands Middle School, Atlantic High School and Spruce Creek High School appear deficient on paper using the school district’s permanent student capacity metric. Cruz emphasized those school deficiencies are mitigated in practice by temporary student stations (portables), scheduled classroom additions and programmatic changes the Volusia County School District has made, and staff’s conclusion is that adequate capacity effectively exists.

Cruz also said many level-of-service standards in the city’s code are outdated and recommended staff revisit those standards to align them with the city’s recent parks and recreation master plan and current needs (Cruz noted amenities such as pickleball courts were not evaluated because code lists specific facility types). When asked whether a developer could be asked to fund improvements in the event of a future deficiency, Cruz said staff performs an analysis with each entitlement and negotiates mitigation as necessary. Cruz said there is no recommended moratorium and no schedule of capital improvements is required at this time based on staff’s conclusions. The commission accepted the report for information; no formal action was taken.