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Planning board backs Mueller Door land‑use change and rezoning to allow manufacturing at former clinic site
Summary
The board recommended approval of a small‑scale comprehensive‑plan amendment and forwarded a concurrent rezoning to allow Mueller Door to occupy and modestly expand an existing 3.08‑acre site on Mason Avenue for fabrication and warehouse uses; staff found no anticipated infrastructure impacts and the items will proceed to City Commission readings in August.
The Daytona Beach Planning & Zoning Board voted on June 25 to recommend approval of a small‑scale comprehensive‑plan amendment for a ~3.08‑acre site on Mason Avenue and to forward a concurrent rezoning to Plan Development General (PDG) that would permit manufacturing, fabrication and warehouse/wholesale activities for a door‑manufacturing user.
Emilio O’Brien, senior planner for the City of Daytona Beach, told the board the proposal would amend the future land‑use map designation from Office Transition and Retail to Retail and add a site‑specific Neighborhood L policy that limits allowable uses to retail, light industrial, general industrial services, manufacturing, fabrication, warehousing and distribution. Staff’s impact analysis concluded the site is developed and connected to existing water and sewer and that the amendment is not expected to create adverse transportation impacts; staff recommended approval and noted the site would make efficient use of an underutilized urban property.
Applicant counsel (identifying herself in the hearing as Jessica G of Cobb Cole) said the redevelopment would reuse most existing buildings at the former Daytona Beach Orthopedic Clinic and include a modest phase‑2 connection between two rear buildings to expand interior fabrication and storage. She described the prospective user as a door manufacturer focused on trash‑enclosure doors and heavy‑duty warehouse doors and said the company had been seeking a Daytona Beach location for an extended period.
Board members had no public speakers on this item and moved to recommend approval. The board’s motions to forward both the comprehensive‑plan amendment (DEV2025‑656) and the PDG rezoning (DEV2025‑657) carried; staff indicated both items are scheduled for City Commission first reading on Aug. 5, 2026 and second reading on Aug. 19, 2026.
Staff and applicant also clarified a signage calculation error in the staff packet: the existing free‑standing sign at the site will be refaced and is approximately 130 square feet rather than a larger figure that appeared in the report. Applicant confirmed existing access points would remain unchanged and that the PD agreement reflects the existing building footprints and landscaping conditions.
The board’s recommendation does not itself change zoning; the Mueller Door items now advance to the City Commission for final decision.
