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Planning Board approves special-use permit for Our Lady of Lords Academy gym amid neighbor safety concerns and diocesan assurances
Summary
The Planning Board approved a special-use permit (DEV2024-721) allowing an existing church to be a permitted place of worship and to build a 13,061 sq ft gym for school use. Neighbors urged traffic and drop-off safety measures; Diocese of Orlando representatives said the gym will not be used as a homeless shelter. The board approved the permit by a 4–1 margin with an abstention noted.
The Daytona Beach Planning Board voted to approve a special-use permit that would bring an existing church into compliance and allow construction of a 13,061-square-foot gymnasium for Our Lady of Lords Academy.
Danley Peddick, senior planner, said the request (DEV2024-721) applies to a 9.84-acre parcel at 1014 Halifax Ave and 201 University Blvd, currently zoned single-family residential-5. The church and school have operated for decades as a legal nonconforming use; the special-use permit would regularize the place-of-worship use and authorize a gym accessory to the school. Peddick told the board staff finds the…
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