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Planning Board forwards Midwest Transit PD amendment to City Commission to add townhome standards
Summary
The Planning Board unanimously approved a second amendment to the Midwest Transit Planned Development (DEV2025-396) to add development standards for townhomes, revise infrastructure language for residential development and allow residential uses on Lot D; staff recommended forwarding with approval and first reading is set for Feb. 4, 2026.
The Daytona Beach Planning Board on a unanimous vote approved a second amendment to the Midwest Transit Planned Development that establishes development criteria for townhomes and expands areas where residential development may occur.
Danley Peddick, senior planner, told the board the amendment (DEV2025-396) adds standards such as setbacks, lot size and building height for townhomes — a use already permitted under the PD — and revises infrastructure language to provide for development and maintenance if residential subdivision occurs. Peddick said the property is mostly vacant except for a racetrack gas station on the south end and noted the amendment would allow residential uses on Lot D of the PD. He said staff recommends forwarding the amendment to the City Commission with a recommendation of approval; the item is tentatively scheduled for first reading Feb. 4, 2026, and second reading Feb. 18, 2026.
Rob Merrill, representing the applicant and the law firm Cobb Cole, said the filing “is a clarification amendment. Not adding any uses. We’re not adding any density. We’re not asking for any waivers,” and said the change simply provides standards in case townhome development proceeds. ResiBuild Homes and engineering staff explained the parcel is part of a roughly 200-acre PD and that the townhome portion occupies a “decent sized chunk” of that area; frontage roads are planned to limit direct access to Tomoka Farms Road.
Board members asked about the PD’s timeline and prior amendments. Staff noted a major amendment in 2022 expanded light-industrial areas and explained that the 2014 PD originally contemplated mixed uses under single ownership; the new amendment formalizes standards for fee-simple townhomes and infrastructure that were not spelled out in the original PD.
A motion to approve the land development general PD amendment (DEV2025-396) was made, seconded and passed unanimously.
The amendment now moves to the City Commission for final readings on the dates set by staff.
