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Staff finds adequate public‑facility capacity in 2025 concurrency report but flags school and recreation standards for review
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City staff told the Planning and Zoning Board that water, sewer, roads and most facilities meet the city’s level‑of‑service standards for 2025; school station shortfalls are being addressed with temporary stations and planned classroom additions, and staff recommended reevaluating recreation and park standards rather than immediate capital projects.
City staff presented the 2025 concurrency management report to the Daytona Beach Shores Planning and Zoning Board and concluded the city’s core public facilities meet adopted level‑of‑service standards, while recommending a reassessment of some standards for parks and recreation.
Stuart Cruz, Community Services Director, said the report analyzes seven public‑facility categories required by the city code, including potable water, roads, sanitary sewer, solid waste, stormwater, recreation/open space and public schools. Cruz told the board that potable water providers (Daytona Beach and Port Orange) show surplus treatment capacity measured in millions of gallons per day and that roads, stormwater and sewer also meet capacity tests for future development.
On schools, Cruz said RJ Longstreet Elementary shows a surplus of permanent student stations, but the middle and high schools show generation deficits on paper. “The Volusia School District has actually installed temporary student stations,” Cruz said, and the district has scheduled classroom additions and programmatic changes to accommodate students while longer‑term solutions are planned.
Staff recommended no capital improvements or moratorium on development at this time because, Cruz said, temporary accommodations and planned expansions are addressing the apparent deficits. He also noted the city’s older median age and smaller youth population mean that national level‑of‑service standards for youth amenities may not be appropriate for Daytona Beach Shores; staff will propose revisions to standards in the parks master‑plan update.
Board members asked about a separate ramp project at a passive park; Cruz said the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has not issued the required permit and the state’s response makes the project unlikely to proceed without further action. Cruz also updated the board on several private development projects, including recent building‑plan activity for the Luxe condominium site and the Aston Martin Valor project at 3411 South Atlantic Avenue.
Staff’s recommendation to the board was to take no action on capital improvements now but to return with proposed revisions to certain level‑of‑service standards for parks and recreation.
